Q: MY CAR HAD A OVERHEATING PROBLEM AND I FIX IT BUT NOW THE CAR IS IN A LIMP MODE AND DONT WANT TO REF ABOVE 3000 REFS WHAT CAN I DO

asked by on January 26, 2017

I BLEW A HEAD GASKET AND REPLACE GASKET AND SEND THE HEAD IN FOR RECONDITIONING BUT CAR IDLES GOOD BUT DONT WANT TO REF MORE THEN 3000 REFS AND IT IS IN LIMP MODE WHAT CAN I DO TO FIX THIS PROBLEM

My car has 227000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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