My heater isn't getting hot!!?

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Nov 28, 2003 | 08:50 AM
  #1  
My wife and I just drove a couple hours away for Thanksgiving yesterday and on the way back, the heater would not blow hot. I thougt at first it just wasn't up to temp., but it never got hot the whole trip home!

It has done this a couple times before, but then always works the next time I drive the car. Any thoughts?
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Nov 28, 2003 | 09:17 AM
  #2  
Have you tried flushing your heater core? do a search for it on this board and youll come up with step by step instructions
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Nov 28, 2003 | 09:21 AM
  #3  
I haven't tried that, but I will. Thanks for the quick reply!

J
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Nov 28, 2003 | 09:37 AM
  #4  
Have you put a lower temp. thermostat in? this also may have to contributed to the problem.
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Nov 28, 2003 | 10:11 AM
  #5  
Even with a low temp thermostat, you will be able to blow hot air once operating temps are normal. Flush the heater core like b-stevens says.
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Nov 28, 2003 | 12:18 PM
  #6  
If you can't flush it and still doesn't work just change the **** out. Takes like 30 minutes. Piece of cake. I just pulled mine last saturday and bypassed it. The hardest part was making the U elbow with clamps for the bypass.
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Nov 28, 2003 | 12:28 PM
  #7  
I flushed my heater core today, and let me say it made a world of difference. There was a little air in my lines too, you might want to check that. I can actually feel my toes while driving now
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