Q: I have a 2001dodge sport after driving for 15 minutes car began smoking from under the hood prolifically. I pulled over, checked

asked by on December 04, 2017

after driving for 15 minutes car began emitting white smoke from under the hood, I let car sit for an hour then opened hood and there was orange stains undside of hood and on engine-I did not see any blown hoses

My car has 94000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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