car is tring to over heat?

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Noticed a little bit earlier that my car is tring to overheat because the needle is moving slowly closer to the hot area on the dash board.
when idling at red light it would do that but once i started driving it went back to the normal area.
when i got home i checked everything and noticed the side where you add anti-freeze/last water was low or nearly at the bottom
and the raditor was not hot and neither was the cap but the hoses were hot.
in the mean time, i will take it to shop but would i take it to a quick serivce oil change or to a shop ?
and before driving it again, do i add water or anti-freeze to in the small container, which is nearly empty ? ( cant think of that name of it -sorry )
and finally, a few days ago i ran my A.C. for the first time in like 6 months because it was not ever hot and afterwords noticed a leak afterwords with what looked like green.
any advice would be great.
94 nissian atlima
 
the green stuff leaking is probably coolant. dont put water instead, it works, but not as well as coolant. another thing is you might try getting a new air filter. that helps a bit. try k&n if you want to do that too. but definitely add more coolant
 
im only a 17 YO girl but from my knowledge sounds like somethings up with the head gasket.. get it checked out quickly or it could mean a new engine/under the hood job all together.

Dont risk it.
 
im only a 17 YO girl but from my knowledge sounds like somethings up with the head gasket.. get it checked out quickly or it could mean a new engine/under the hood job all together.

Dont risk it.
 
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