Hello,
Having problems with getting heat to blow out of the vents.
When I turn the heat on, I only get cool air.
When the blower motor is turned on, it sends air to where I direct it via the knob. Defrost, leg, etc.
The A/C works properly.
A little more in depth,
- The lines that run off the heater core from the firewall do not get hot at all. The line that should feed coolant into the heater core (off the intake manifold) does not even begin to get warm, needless to say the return line back to the water pump is cool as well.
- The truck is not overheating. It also does not take a real long time for the truck to get up to temp. I don't think it's the themostat.
- I do not smell coolant in the cab of the vehicle.
- I flushed the heater core only a few months ago, with pressure (water nozzle). I was actually surpised that I did not get a lot of nasty gunk coming out like you hear a lot of folks talk about.
- I replaced the thermostat less than 2 months ago.
- The intake manifold was replaced a little before I did the thermostat.
- Coolant levels are full in radiator and overflow tank.
- Upper radiator hose get plenty hot.
I plan on grabbing a new rad cap and reflushing the heater core, just as a "hey, this is the easy stuff to eliminate first" kind of thing.
Will probably take the inlet heater core hose completely off (from firewall and intake) and see if thats clogged.
- This was an intermittant problem when it really first began. I could not get heat to come out the vents on the way to work in the morning but on my way home I was then getting heat.
- Could it possibly be the water pump?
- I have read through a haynes manual (not very useful for this topic) the only thing I did find was a mention of a way to test the water pump was to just basically see if those 2 lines were warm.
Saturday, November 14th, 2020 AT 4:04 PM
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