Q: Takes water and now it all of a sudden started to overheat
We had to add water ever couple days we pull a 2 car trailer now all of a sudden it has over heated into the (H) red area no thermostat present reservoir overheats while rad stays cool and ideas ?? The fan you can't stop while running
My car has 214000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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