Well, I drove the car to the city today to get a new tstat. As I was getting into the city, the car started to overheat. It ran in and out of the red. Made a few spirting sounds, that kind of sound like a pressure washer squirting.
There was white smoke coming out from under the car, but lucky for me, when the problem started (or at least I noticed) I was near a buddy's house. So I drove the last few hundred feet. Got there, shut the car down, but left the key on to keep the aux fans going. I turned the engine over a few times to keep it from seizing till it cooled and several times after. There was white smoke coming from the back driver's corner of the engine, and a lot of it.
So here's to hoping the tstat is the only engine problem, and I only have to fix a hose on the back. Not a head gasket, radiator, and water pump.

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