Heater core - how I spent New Years Eve - up until 10 pm anyway - flushing
out my heater core in my GMC van. Haven't had heat in van since it got cold
up here. Front heater blowing cold air. Radiator leaked - replaced that so
now had pressure in system. Still blowing cold air. Mechanic said - maybe
air bubble in system, played around with that for a few weeks, still cold
air. Hoses all seemed hot or warm. Another guy checked it and said core
must be plugged, have to replace it (remove dash, etc.) I mentioned to
another fellow the dreadful job I was about to encounter and he suggested I
remove heater hoses from core on firewall and connect garden hose to them
and flush out core. Now why didn't I think of that? Flushed the core and
was amazed at the gunk that came out. Put everything back together, took it
for a ride, got it up to temperature and the heater almost roasted me out,
works better than ever. I guess the point is - maybe we should flush the
cores on our fin cars frequently and maybe this would prolong their life.
My wife wasn't too thrilled about me working in the garage on New Years Eve,
but then again the heater in her car works fine. But she should be used to
holiday repairs, about 4 years ago 2 of my sons and I replaced the clutch in
my Dodge van on Christmas eve. John Z in Mosinee, WI
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Sersen <msersen@xxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, January 01, 2001 10:15 AM
Subject: [FWDLK] Heater core
>Someone was looking for a heater core some time ago. Four Seasons
>Manufacturing Co in Coppell, Texas has most heater parts but I am not
>positive if they have cores. I have gotten heater motors from them and I
>recall seeing other heat/air parts in the catalog but I can't recall if
>cores were there.
>Mike Sersen
>:-{)
>
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