For 7k let it blow lol cause that’s how much a new engine will cost. Or just a decent used car.

So in my 15 years of working on many cars(I went to school to become a mechanic but don’t do it as a job) anytime I had a car that was mine or that I was working on the thermostat was never it I’d say 9/10 times it was a headgasket. Now, it’s always possible that the thermostat getting stuck caused it to overheat at first and then the headgasket failed but replacing one has never actually fixed it and I’m talking like 100 times Ive worked on car for specifically overheating. Just saying.

Just bring it inside you’ll be aight