Q: Hi Jerel, My 2010 GMC Acadia has a radiator leak and I was advice I needed to replace the radiator. But I'm having trouble on find

asked by on May 26, 2017

Hi Jerel, My 2010 GMC Acadia has a radiator leak and I was advised I needed to replace the radiator. But I'm having trouble on finding out which radiator part to select. Do I get the general radiator or the Heavy duty radiator?

My car has 91000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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