Q: car is overheating. When driving temp creeps up and when idle it slowly goes down. smells like antifreeze when turned off
Was driving my car and ac started blowing warm air then temp in car shot all the way up. Turned ac off and pulled over to let car cool. When driving car home temp would creep up while car was moving but would slowly go down when idle at a stoplight. When I turned car off it smelled like antifreeze and there was a small leak under car by left front tire
My car has 191000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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