Q: My car was over heating and I put coolant in it and then not even a couple seconds later it started spraying all of what I put In

asked by on January 04, 2017

All the fluid I put in the coolant tank sprayed out the side of the hose as soon as I put it in but before that it was smoking all down the highway

My car has 1230000 miles.

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