IF the water you added immediately ran onto the ground you've got a pretty large leak. Driving when low on coolant will cause overheating and driving with an overheatied engine can destroy it. Stop driving it and have it towed to a shop immediately. Damage from an overheated engine can easily cost $2,000 or more.
2006 Kia Optima
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Maintenance & Repair
I removed the cover and bulb for the trunk light of my 2006 kia optima. When i put the cover back on, i must have done something incorrectly because all at once, a bunch of. Things stopped working. ...
2006 Kia Optima EX V6
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Maintenance & Repair
replaced the radiator, the radiator cap, thermostat. Everytime the car heats up the coolant would boil and push the coolant out from the container. We checked the water pump and fans, everything ok......
2012 Kia Optima LX
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Maintenance & Repair
where is my oil going ?
2011 Kia Optima EX
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Maintenance & Repair
The fan has kept running on a couple of occasions but has cut off after a period of time. As mentioned, this time it did not cut off and killed the battery. I jumped the car off no problem and drove i...
2010 Kia Optima SX V6
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Maintenance & Repair
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