Q: I have a 2000 dodge durango 5.2 liter and I'm pretty sure it over heated while I was driving and it started leaking somtjing unde

asked by on February 15, 2017

I have a 2000 dodge durango 5.2 liter and I'm pretty sure it over heated while I was driving and it started leaking somtjing underneath at first then I turned around to hurry home before I got there it said the needle was on red temperature and it shut off while smoking out of my engine but it has a brown muddy stuff inside my radiator cap but oil is fine?

My car has 200000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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