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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 03:00 PM
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Exclamation heater issues need fixed soon!

My heater will not blow warm. It blows cold at all times. i can give several details but thats about it. When I go from hot to cold on the **** it blows harder on cold. Defrost is always cold... That's about it. Any suggestions? How do you bleed system properly? Could a hose be clogged? It's fetting cold fast here in missouri please help!
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 03:22 PM
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 04:15 PM
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Heater core could be cloged or it could be the door that moves over for warm air. When you turn the **** do you hear the door switch over ?
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 04:17 PM
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I don't hear it but I can feel it. Turning the **** to warm is harder than turning to cold and it blows harder when its set on cold
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 04:44 PM
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You can un hook the heater lines going to the fire wall (passenger side) put a water hose to it and see if the water flow freely
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 05:11 PM
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There are 2 of them should I do it to both?
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 05:14 PM
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Just un hook them both and run water threw one side
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 05:55 PM
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Ok ill give this a shot in the next couple of days and get back to ya. Thanks for the quick reply!
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Every time i turn hot and cold it seems to be cable driven to the blend door, u can go under the dash and find the warm spot on the plastic underside and open the blend door manually, and then prop it open.
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 10:26 PM
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not gonna lie im actually kinda scared to rip apart my dash. its kinda brittle feeling and teh dash is already cracked. i guess ill have to if nothing eils works. do you know about where this "door" is?
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Every time i turn hot and cold it seems to be cable driven to the blend door, u can go under the dash and find the warm spot on the plastic underside and open the blend door manually, and then prop it open.
I'm not 100% sure but it may turn by vacuum I'm sure someone else will chime in. It happen to me many years ago on my first 94 ZR28 but I had a shop fix it
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Old Oct 20, 2011 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by nintythreez28
not gonna lie im actually kinda scared to rip apart my dash. its kinda brittle feeling and teh dash is already cracked. i guess ill have to if nothing eils works. do you know about where this "door" is?
If you listen to it you can hear it down by your feet in the center console. No taking the dash out
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Old Oct 20, 2011 | 09:54 AM
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The temperature door is cable operated.
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Old Oct 20, 2011 | 10:07 AM
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well im going to backflush the system today. if that dosnt work i will try messing with the temp. door. So does it just get stuck or does that cable come off track?
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Old Oct 20, 2011 | 10:37 AM
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Put a new heater core in it. It is cheap and easy and almost always the problem.
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Old Oct 20, 2011 | 03:31 PM
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Well the backflush went well. My car literally had diheria. But the heat works now. Only thing i can say is be careful of the opti. Mine got a little wet. Ran kinda funky for a minute and died once. It dried up now its running strong with heat. Thanks for the help!
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