Q: How much will it cost to see if it's the water pump,I put in a new radiater and there's no termistad

asked by on April 24, 2017

I think it's my water pump because I changed the radiator and the tremistad is out and it's still over heating,how much to find out what is wrong?

My car has 300000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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