Heating Core!!!
Couple of questions:
1. How long does it take...I've seen 6hrs 2. What prices have you seen...I've seen 103.24 3. Is it a bitch to get to? I know its under the dash and toward the front. Just asking cause I'm looking at forking over 505.00 to get it done (before taxes). |
1. Takes as long as you want it to. As with almost anything on a car, it's simply bolts and such. It's all just a matter of accessibility and how afraid you are to handle things.
2. DELPHI Part #HC0338 ($33.79) 3. Sounds like a bitch to me. That would suck to have to pay someone to do things like this. My friend paid some place $200 to change his spark plug wires where the wires only cost $15 or so and I could've done it in 10 minutes.. Shops charge like $90/hour and then usually make up how many hours it actually takes. Like when I went to get an O2 bung welded on. Took 15 minutes. Heard them in the background "Just charge 'em an hour labor." |
it's a bitch to do... and I have one good for sale from my wreck 20$ plus shipping... does this work for you??
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im willing to bet the whole dash it going to have to come apart plus drain and fill coolant, and evac the a/c system too. im saying this becuase im guessing your going to have to take the whole hvac box out of the car to separate it to gain access to the core
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yeah every place that I have called has said about 6 hrs labor....not looking good for me.
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have some fun and try it yourself haha
it is one of the jobs i will despise the most when mine plugs finally.. |
its not taht bad. iv done one in a trailblazer/cobalt and a couple k trucks. its very time consuming however with the right info it can be a strait forward job.
edit. also sounds like to gain access to the hoses and nuts holding the box in you will need to get from under the car. just what what i read anyways. |
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That's how it works on my Escort (1991-1996 model years). It is as if the rest of the car was built around the heater core. It costs like $600 to replace a $25 part. Also, I doubt that there is much or anything 2.4L engine specific about the repair; I don't know why it's in this section. |
I assume that your heater core is leaking? If it's just clogged you do have some options.
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"general performance" drop the "performance" |
If only I were an admin haha
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I still want to know exactly what's wrong with the heater core. I.E.- why are you wanting to replace it.
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Is this helpful:
http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=138769 They had better How-To's there but they were for different years. |
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Any ideas? |
yeah, it's the cheapo plastic quick-connect fitting on the metal pipe that leads to the water pump
get the replacement hose, and break the fitting down there and just clamp the hose onto the pipe itself. i did that about 1.5 years ago. car started leaking hard from there while i was out of state on my way home... had to tape it up and fix it when i got back. it's very hard to tell that it's leaking unless you can get your hand back there and feel it without thinking it's just dripdown from your initial leak problem. |
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Yes! Smelling coolant inside th car is often the result from an engine coolant leak odor coming in from the HVAC syste, Switch to recycling interior air and you should notice that you don't get the coolant smell when that happens. That's the easiest way to rule out a heater core. That and it seems perty rare on these cars. Were you inspecting for leaks with the engine running and warmed up? It's much easier to find them when the system is under pressure. Quote:
Isn't that what you have kids for? |
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