Q: Car is loosing coolant
Hi all my car overheatedat 52 000 km ..engine seized managed to get a new 1that has less den 1000 km...new waterpump and manifolds instaled as well .since installed car always instruct to check coolant ...wen opening sometimes its on good level ...sometimes not...have to.fill all de tym. coolant temp remains at 90 and oli temp at 100 to 108 ..bt not sure where is the coolant going to um afraid now after wt happened before ..thanks in advance
My car has 52000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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