Q: Truck keeps heating up

asked by on January 10, 2017

I will add water and the next day it is overheating again. This keeps happening every couple of days. The water doesnt leak thru it just evaporates and the check engine light comes on.

My car has 230000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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