Q: Installed a new thermostat and now it won't hardly idle and Boggs down when driving

asked by on November 25, 2016

Truck doesn't want to idle and Boggs down when driving . All I did was Chang the thermostat. Was running fine before.

My car has 160000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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