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Stoped at the gas station to fill up noticed i was low on coolant filled it up turned the car on pulled out when i got to the street my idle was iratic and my car was smokeing bad so bad you couldnt see anything around it. the smoke also filled up the inside of the car i turned it off and looked to see if there was fire and found it wasnt on fire tried to turn it back on to move it out of the street wouldnt start any ideas im driveing a 95 honda civic

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You have either a blown head gasket or worse either way this is not good

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Could be a blown head gasket if the smoke was white in color and smelled sweet.
This is a very expensive fix.

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