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Old 01-02-2014, 06:10 PM
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in my car i only get heat when im moving and if i come to a stop it blows cool i was thinking thermostat what do you guys think ?
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Your symptoms point in the opposite direction from a t-stat issue. Bleed the air out of the system. I bet it was apart this past summer for some reason and not bled right.
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Originally Posted by 4Driver4
Your symptoms point in the opposite direction from a t-stat issue. Bleed the air out of the system. I bet it was apart this past summer for some reason and not bled right.
Okay thanks I'll try that after work and let you know how that works
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Okay thanks I'll try that after work and let you know how that works
Try flushing the heater core. If that doesnt work, you could try a stat but I usually notice the gauge will move off the center mark down hills. If nothing else the core is bad, check some of my other posts about no heat. The heat only when moving is what some of them do when the core is bad but when they are like that usually a flush solves it. And Its not air dude. If it hits redline even a few times there bled. I do this for a living, I have NEVER had to bled a heater core after doing service, a drive with a few high rpms and heaters nice and hot.
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Originally Posted by 4Driver4
Your symptoms point in the opposite direction from a t-stat issue. Bleed the air out of the system. I bet it was apart this past summer for some reason and not bled right.
Well I did like you said I used the little hole on the rubber hose connected to the heater core while car was running i left the hole open until coolant came out of it and now I have heat consistently just not really hot but it is better then it was thanks man
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