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Old May 7, 2009 | 08:31 PM
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My ac will not blow through the vents, only comes out in the floor. It blows cold air though. Any ideas what could be wrong ?
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Old May 7, 2009 | 08:36 PM
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My ac will not blow through the vents, only comes out in the floor. It blows cold air though. Any ideas what could be wrong ?
What kind of car?
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Old May 7, 2009 | 08:37 PM
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Look for a small brittle hose. It is a vaccum hose and it is broken.
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Old May 7, 2009 | 08:38 PM
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It switches between floor, dash and defrost on a vacum. If you look up in the corner between where your computer is and the motor youll see a little black line. Thats the line that goes into your firewall to switch your controls. Follow that around and see if its broke somewhere.. It "T's" by the engine.

So, it come from the engine and "T's", one goes thru the firewall and the other goes inside the loom up to the passenger side corner where there is a little cannister.
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Old May 7, 2009 | 08:43 PM
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It switches between floor, dash and defrost on a vacum. If you look up in the corner between where your computer is and the motor youll see a little black line. Thats the line that goes into your firewall to switch your controls. Follow that around and see if its broke somewhere.. It "T's" by the engine.

So, it come from the engine and "T's", one goes thru the firewall and the other goes inside the loom up to the passenger side corner where there is a little cannister.
thanks guys I will check that out. It on my 01 SS Camaro.
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Old May 16, 2009 | 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by waterbug1999
It switches between floor, dash and defrost on a vacum. If you look up in the corner between where your computer is and the motor youll see a little black line. Thats the line that goes into your firewall to switch your controls. Follow that around and see if its broke somewhere.. It "T's" by the engine.

So, it come from the engine and "T's", one goes thru the firewall and the other goes inside the loom up to the passenger side corner where there is a little cannister.
anybody got a pic that they could share of it ?
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Old May 16, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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Look for a small vacuum line that connects to the back of the intake manifold. It's not easy to see it but it's back there.
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how do you repair the lines ?
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It's a simple vaccum line. I was going to ask if you have had your intake off recently, but being an 01, you already have an ls6 intake. Chances are, you're not pulling enough vaccum through the line to switch the hvac controls.
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Old May 17, 2009 | 10:19 AM
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does the line end on the passenger side of driver side of the intake? im having the exact problem after my motor was put back in after a rebuild.
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pics would help...
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its a tiny black hose that attaches to the rear of the intake manifold. I messed up mine while swapping intake manifolds and now i have the same problem. just reach your hand to the back of the manifold, its on the other side of where the brake boost line connects.
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Old May 17, 2009 | 07:28 PM
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This has happened to me twice. It can be a plastic bypass valve. They sell them at autozone for like 2 bucks. It is pretty small right next to the computer and it has three hoses going to it.
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thanks for all the info
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I am having a similiar issue. All of the vents switch fine except the dual zone a/c position. It only blows to the floor and nothing comes out the top vents.

Actually, I guess this is a different issue.
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Old May 21, 2009 | 04:14 PM
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how do you repair the lines ??????
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Old May 21, 2009 | 05:04 PM
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Replace it, or you could get a piece of rubber hose with the right size id (maybe 1/8"?) and use it to patch a bad place.
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