Overheated to 250, died on side of highway, left stranded

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Here it is Tuesday night, light was solid red. This is actually the photo I text the mechanic and he said see if there's coolant coming out... oh there's not? You're fine. I had brought it to his shop just the day before and he looked over everything and said everything was fine



Next morning driving to work, when I pulled over and called him and said hey, it's 250, now what? Bad temp sensor? Drive more? well.... ok.....


15 miles later....


this is the only fluid that was under the vehicle when towed, not.... as much as I'd expect...? but, i'm far from an expert on these things, which is why I call people who claim to be an expert... or, at least take other people's money while pretending to be an expert

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and i know, i must seem like an idiot, because EVERYONE knows, car overheating, PULL OVER HAVE TOWED. Yeah yeah... i.... trusted the wrong person for advice. I know, overheating, have fixed, so I brought it in, Monday, have it checked out, tell me is it drive-able? Because this is what it was doing, in rush hour traffic, on a 110 day:


so I was like, oh no, that's not good, I better take it in to have it looked at!

Told it's fine, add coolant, keep driving. Past 3/4? Solid red light? Keep driving. Max temp? bad sensor, keep driving.... :ah: