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Thank you very much for this excellent insight. It's been a long time since I've worked on a vehicle and I don't really know much about this car. It belongs to a friend an we have an agreement that I can use it so long as I pay for repairs and insurance. But if it gets expensive, we will sell it. I ...

I haven't driven the car more than about 25 minutes to get it home. The coolant came out of the expansion tank, I guess it came from the cap since there were no cracks or broken hoses up there. It is true the fan was not on when I checked after driving the car (slowly--after adding 1L of water to th...

Thanks! They replaced the thermostat and said that might be the problem...or might not be, but they also said that a malfunctioning thermostat could also be the reason why the A/C would switch off after about 15-20 minutes of driving.

Just as I was parking, coolant came out of the reservoir, no indicator lights were on the dash. I put in about a liter of water to make the drive to the garage. As I was driving, I noticed something interesting. I had the heater on full blast and of course hot air came out...except when I stopped at...