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Posted on Nov 19, 2010

The radiator cap was replaced on my truck and now smoke is coming through my vents when i turn on heat the windows fog up and the defrost fogs my windows

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It sound to me that you might have a slight leak in your heater core. The leak is what s causing the windows to fog up, cause it's actually radiator fluid leaking. Is there any odor present?

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