Q: Would radiator flush clean out the heatercor

asked by on January 18, 2017

Okay the water pump got replaced in my car, afterwards the heater quit blowing got, there was a bunch of hold up in the radiator. Would radiator flush help clean out both the radiator and heatercor

My car has 175 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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