Q: Water fell into my engine and it over heated what do I do?
I was washing my car and I think I got water on the engine but I was avoiding trying to get water close to the engine. Today I was driving my car and as I was driving smoke started coming out the front, my engine had over heated. How do I fix this?
My car has 98000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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