Q: I just had the clutch replaced on the car as well as some other work while driving back from the mechanic coolant was leaking
I was seeing white smoke as I was driving and smelling it when I opened the engine their was free coolant in the engine so obviously it was leaking, could this just be that someone forgot to tighten a valve all the way or something else
My car has 207000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.
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