Q: Coolant flush
My heat isnt working right in my car. The suggest fix was to flush the heater core. I also need to flush my radiator. If i flush the radiator, will it also flush the heater core in the process? Or will the water not end up there?
My car has 127000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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