Q: Radiator steaming and green liquid on hood

asked by on January 06, 2017

I was on my way to school and I made it there and turned my truck off and heard a bubbling nosie so I opened my hood and my radiator was steaming and had green liquid on the roof of the hood.

My car has 258000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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