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asked by on December 23, 2017

Okay so I just got my radiator replaced and as I was driving off the lot about 10 minutes into my drive my car started overheating and a lightning bolt with two lines on each side popped up and just wanted to find out what that means and it says check gages

My car has 750000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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