Q: my 2003 honda accord has oil in the radiator and is overheating, I add water and it still overheats?

asked by on March 20, 2018

My radiator fluid is brown so, and the car overheated so I added some coolant and it keep overheating so I just parked it and wanted to see if it would be worth it to fix since it has so many miles. I've had people say its the radiator and some say it's a blown casket

My car has 342000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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