Q: Hi Joe my father took my son's car to shop he had no heat in car, they says water pump not bad, changed the thermostat, some heat
No heat in car till I took it to tuffy today and had full flush of radiator and back flush heater core, they told me leaking coming from water pump, my dad took car somewhere and they day water pump. Fine. Well I have heat now but only while car is moving car heat is cold as car sits and runs. The thermostat was changed Saturday. The resivor tank will not keep water/ antifreeze in it. It leaks out, I even replaced the resivor tank also. Tuffy says hoses are good. Car never has overheated.
My car has 192876 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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