Q: I have a 90 Buick skylark. Smoke is coming in through air vents and smell like antifreeze. Anti leaking out can it be heatingcore

asked by on September 30, 2017

I notice the leak everytime I fill up the resivoir. I finally hit the highway and my windshield was full with mist and and got fogged up. Then smoke was coming from the vent and it smelled like antifreeze. Do you think it's the heating core. I been working on my car myself and look forward to keep working on it as a female I am proud and it's a easy car to fix. Thank you so much for your time.

My car has 134147 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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