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September 15, 2008, 9:03 am
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September 15, 2008, 9:03 am
LeAnn
Question: how to change the heatercore?
need to know how t change the heater core in my 85 fleetwood. my windows fog up, and you can smell the antifreeze.
September 26, 2008, 9:58 am
Nate D
me 2 1985 fleetwood, need to replace heater core, just bought the part on partstrain.com my neighbor is going to help me install it
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December 24, 2008, 4:09 am
Anthony
allow to cool, enough to open radiator cap. after opening cap find petcot [usually on driver side of rad.] and open to allow draining of coolant. use a floor jack if needed so as to achieve enough room to set drain pan under car.do this with cap open. there is uusually a hose connected to petcot to allow fluid to be directed to designation.
locate the heater core chamber under glovebox anud you will notice some screws facing down, allowing access to inside of core chamber.the rest is childsplay. some have the hoses that are removable at the face of heatercore. [ e.a. aluminum tubes to be removed at this point].
reverse procedure. some vehicles require being burped after airing the system out like this.
top off coolant, after all drains are closed, let run to open thermostat.[e.a. warm up] some cars will burp a little coolant out of cap. normal. then while closely monitering the inside of radiator, you'll notice the coolant drop fast. thius ius the thermostat opening and pulling theuu coolant into engine.start pouring the rest in SLOWLY so you don't suddenly change the temperature. this is the end when it's topped off.
coolant should be circulating.
locate the heater core chamber under glovebox anud you will notice some screws facing down, allowing access to inside of core chamber.the rest is childsplay. some have the hoses that are removable at the face of heatercore. [ e.a. aluminum tubes to be removed at this point].
reverse procedure. some vehicles require being burped after airing the system out like this.
top off coolant, after all drains are closed, let run to open thermostat.[e.a. warm up] some cars will burp a little coolant out of cap. normal. then while closely monitering the inside of radiator, you'll notice the coolant drop fast. thius ius the thermostat opening and pulling theuu coolant into engine.start pouring the rest in SLOWLY so you don't suddenly change the temperature. this is the end when it's topped off.
coolant should be circulating.
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