Q: So my car overheated and turned off on the street i took it to a local shop my first thought was that the water pump had gone bad
My car overheated one night when i was driving it for like 45 minutes at first temp of oil reach 250 and gave me a warning light then cross to 252 and the light went red and the car turn off. I let cooled down and took it to the shop the following day and they told me their was something wrong with my fan but is it only my fan ? At first i thought it was my water pump!! Any thoughts?
My car has 76000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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