Q: My Hyundai Santa Fe is leaking antifreeze, overheating and rust is in where you put antifreeze? Please tell me what it sounds like
Antifreeze leaking, overheating and there is rust where I put antifreeze... recently I haven't drove it and checked for leaks and there is a puddle of rust that looks like a mixture with antifreeze please can someone please tell me what this can possibly be?
My car has 180000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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