Q: What could be the cause of overheating on a range rover rediscovery 2001?
I am about to buy a 2001 range rover rediscovery from a particular person telling me that the car was overheating and stop driving it about a year now. I would like to know approximately the cost of the situation. Can you, please, help?
My car has 161000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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