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If your antifreeze is boiling, at the moment, I don't trust your temp gage? Does the radiator fan work? Any applicable trouble codes? Can you check for coolant flow through the radiator, cool engine. Check the thermostat and coolant temp sensor. If you could do a little testing it might help narrow things down, a little.
have a compression test done to check for faulty head gasket or cracked head. Check radiator cap is operational and check level of coolant at radiator cap. Possible overheat situation
Since the water pump is leaking there is low action of the water pump to circulate the water into the engine jackets and the radiator.
So you need to remove and overhaul or replace the water pump, replace the gasket, check the radiator for leaks with high pressure test, replace with a good cap and the fault of heating and steaming will be gone. Also check the timing of the engine, do a tune up.
The light is letting you know that the engine is oveheating. You did not mention how many miles are on the car, so the over heating could be a number of factors; Thermostat is stuck closed, cooling fan is not operating, radiator is leaking...to name a few.
have u replaced the radiator and hoses? Thermostat could also be stuck open. Water pump could also be your issue. with motor cool and of remove radiator cap(cap may be bad as well) top-off fluid and start car check for fluid flow with flashlight. Water pumps typically leak from what is called a weep hole when the shaft seal fails. Yours will be located under the timing cover (drivers side) running of the timing belt.
Hit me up after u have check on these.
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