Q: Car over heating thermostat hose poped off the radiator
Ok so I have a 2005 dodge magnum rt and it started over heating today I drove about 10 miles and it was driving fine but then all of a sudden it started over heating so o stopped and I turned the heater on and start to rev engine to 2000 rpm to get coolant in it and it was still over heating and the heater was blowing cold air so i toom a look underneath the hood and the thermostat hose poped off the radiator so i put it back on and it didnt fix it could it be my thermostat????
My car has 113000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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