Q: My car ran hot and when i crunk it back up the car was making a light knocking noise that it has never done before is my motor bad

asked by on March 21, 2017

My car ran hot on me and we put water in it and it started right back and it was making a light knocking sound under the hood once i started driving i even put oil in it i found out the radiator was cranked but is my motor done too or once the radiator gets fixed the knocking noise will go away?

My car has 130000 miles.

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