Q: Overheating

asked by on June 12, 2017

In order to change the tensioner I took off the water pump. After putting in the new tensioner I replaced the water pump with a new gasket and put coolant back in. The car has now over heated and it wasn't doing that before.

My car has 100000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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