Q: Overheating

asked by on April 14, 2017

my jetta vr6 is heating up when i turn it off it starts trowing all the coolant so i dont want to move it anymore or else i think i can damage something else dont know what it could be

My car has 170000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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