Q: Cooling System - 1996 Chevrolet Lumina

asked by on October 12, 2016

So I trying to order my Radiator only, but O'reilly has two different size radiators and I don't know which of the two I need.

My car has 154000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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