1999 Chevy Malibu

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1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU

Shakes or Wobbles problem
1999 Chevy Malibu 4 cyl Automatic 197000 miles

I'm a girl so I dont really know much on cars but my car has 197,000 miles and it's leaking water from I guess the water pump and it's starting to over heat so I check to see if it has water and theres no water in there so I went and bought dex cool and put that in and its leaking that too. So I went and bought the stop n leak and my car was running good for about a month and a half now it's starting all over again only this time I put the stop n leak again and it won't work this time and it continues to leak and all the water or dex cool I put in it it all leaks and it causes it to over heat. And my gas gauge does not work and when im at a complete stop my car shakes reall bad I think my idle is to low, I have to put it on neutral so it wont shake as bad. I'm a single mom and trying to make it with my 3 kids and this car is giving me alot of problems and everywhere I go they charge to much money and I need my car to get back in forth to work so please let me know whats wrong with my car, thank you.

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To start with stop leak unless used properly will cause more harm than help. There will likley be future problems with this system A complete flush of the cooling should be done one the leak is located and repared. If it is the water pump, then it should be changed. I would pull the thermostat out and flush it completely, then install a new one. You may be in for some headaches with this one. I would be concerned about possible internal damage sucha s a headgasket if this did overheat