Help!

[kellinator]

Do any of you Atlanta-area people know anything about cars? My engine's overheated, my "check engine" light is on, my father is calling me a screw-up on the phone and I'm at my wits' end. I'm sure you'll all be glad to know that Michael is attempting to cheer me up (or at least calm me down) by pouring alcohol down my throat. So, are there any aspiring mechanics out there needing a guinea pig?

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[polychromatic22.livejournal.com]

In my car, it was a thermostat problem. It took me some time to fix it so I mostly followed some rules, 1) Filled my car up with antifreeze/coolant and water every single time I drove (even driving back), 2) kept a good supply of both in car.
3) never drove far (not more than 15 minutes)
4) watched engine heat sign fanatically, when it went into red zone, got off the road and waited for it to cool down. (oh and *NEVER* put cold water into a hot engire, wait for it to cool, additionally, never open the radiator when the car is still hot, wait at least 20 minutes, you can give yourself some fairly serious burns when it geysers out!)
5) ran the heater non-stop (in my car running the heater cools the engire since it runs a fan and leeches heat away, this was fairly serious as it was the middle of summer in freakin georgia)

when I finally had a spare second to get it fixed it was a cheap fix (under $10), I think I was even able to get my oil changing place to replace it.