1999 Chevy Suburban my Friends suburban

1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN
140,000 MILES • V8 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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MONSTERBOY
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my friends suburban has a very tough time going up very steep hills and we think that it could be the coolent hose...the car almost stalls and it has the check engine light and it goes full fledge out...

is there any way to check it profesionally for really cheep???
Aug 6, 2010 at 7:17 PM
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RASMATAZ
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Check engine light:

Have the computer scanned for code/s-you have a problem within the engine management system that caused the CEL to turn on-This is your starting point of diagnosis,finding out what's going on.
Aug 6, 2010 at 7:53 PM
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MONSTERBOY
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how would we go about doing something like that?
Aug 30, 2010 at 8:29 AM
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RASMATAZ
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Take it to Autozone they'll scan it for free supposely-
Aug 30, 2010 at 10:56 AM
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