Q: I have a 2008 chevy silverado and the anti freeze turned into a yogurt-like substance. I'm not sure whats wrong?

asked by on December 29, 2017

The anti freeze turned into a yogurt like substance. Also when I try to accelerate the truck only switches one gear then I can't get past 40mph. I checked the transmission fluid and it looked like it was red and black.

My car has 210000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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