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Cake day: October 25th, 2023

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  • Replace the engine and use this as a lesson to check your fluids and never run a car hot. Over heating should have been the initial complaint when first brought in. If you come in for just a battery, it’s probably not going to be noticed that you have no coolant or little coolant because changing a battery is simple. Most times you spend less than 5 minutes under the hood, get it in and then out




  • I’m assuming you’ve tried changing the bulbs? The brake/tail light is a dual filament bulb. Just cause one function works doesn’t mean the bulb is good. I would start there if you haven’t already.

    You will need to find the black wire on the harness connector going to each tail lamp, learn how to test the continuity of the ground with a multimeter, then if it’s bad, either trace the wiring harness down to the local ground, or, if the ground is good - you may have a problem with the multifunction switch not communicating and telling the rear running lights to engage