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Dear Austin,
I have an older (1994) Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.2L V8.
The engine temperature-gauge rises dramatically when climbing long, steep hills.
Normal city and highway driving or small hills are never a problem.
My local radiator shop quickly diagnosed a ‘plugged rad’ and offered replacement to the tune of $500.
I’m a little skeptical [...]

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I have a 1995 Dodge Caravan. I have recently rebuilt the transmission due to a leak and then burnt it out, put in a new radiator as it was leaking?, new hot water heater as the car was still over heating and new belts and distributor cap.
The fan wasn’t working so a new switch [...]

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I am contacting you regarding my 2002 GMC ENVOY. I tootk it to a shop here in Atlanta for overheating problems where my car was overheating a cutting off last a week ago Saturday. The owner happened to be there and told me she would look at it over the weekend and call me [...]

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Hello again this is Donald and I was wondering if you could possibly help me out with this question I have a 1997 Monte Carlo with the 3100 V6 motor in it and I have been getting shit for gas milage lately and when the car starts in the morning it starts fine but [...]

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When I picked up my car (1996 Chevy Lumina) from my mechanics shop, the VOLTS light came on immediately. The shop was closed and will not reopen until a week from Monday, and I desperately need my car and have little money.
The repair that was done: The EGR valve was cleaned out [...]

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