Q: I have no heat.
I recently made had a waterpump replacement done. I noticed i had no heat, so i changed several hoses connected to heater core. I disconnected the hose from the heater tube on water pump and found that no water was passing through the hose. What could be the problem? Thank you.
My car has 150000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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