Q: My mechanic mistakenly put oil in my coolant tank, how much damage has been done?
my mechanic mistakenly put oil in my coolant tank, how much damage has been done? i drove the car for about 3 weeks when i started to notice my heat was not working. Long story short he has flushed my car 2 times. what should i do at this point besides sue him
My car has 187000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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