heater slow warm up?
#1
heater slow warm up?
i have a 86 22rte pickup it has always taken along time for my heater to warm up. even when it is at normal temperture. i have bought a new thermostat and heater core and those didnt do anything? any thoughts?
#2
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What mix are you running (antifreeze vs water). If you have too much antifreeze, not as much heat will be given off. If you are running 50/50 (or at least close to it) I would check the linkage for the cold-hot slider. You should be able to see the valve mounted near the fire wall that selects how much coolant is ran through the heater core.
Last edited by jason191918; 12-22-2007 at 08:53 PM.
#3
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and check the heater valve on the firewall. if the cable slipped, it won't let the full flow of coolant through the core, thus making it's overall air temperature cooler.
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all 3 of my 80's toyotas (all within the last 2 years) have had minimal heat.
i flushed all 3, and all 3 had sludge in the heater cores themselves. I just replaced one in my 4x, and it works good now (not as good as my bmw, but 10x better).
in my last truck (and possibly all) someone put "radiator-stop-leak" into the system, and i had to replace the rad, therm, hoses, heater core, and flush it 8 times (and still have traces of that stop-leak floating to the top of the new radiator).
i would flush that system, and also the heater core- you can easily do it by removing both heater core hoses from the engine side (leaving the hoses on the heater core side) and simply blasting a garden hose through both directions.
pour in some flush system, run engine for 10 minutes, repeat process.
when i did mine, i used the garden hose the 1st 4 times, and distilled water the last 4 times, and toyota coolant/distilled water mix as a finale.
AND
YOUR not retarded,
your BOTH retarded.
you BOTH replied at the SAME FIRGGEN TIME != 9:52 + 9:54
looks like someone has "dial-up, and another has comcast"
i flushed all 3, and all 3 had sludge in the heater cores themselves. I just replaced one in my 4x, and it works good now (not as good as my bmw, but 10x better).
in my last truck (and possibly all) someone put "radiator-stop-leak" into the system, and i had to replace the rad, therm, hoses, heater core, and flush it 8 times (and still have traces of that stop-leak floating to the top of the new radiator).
i would flush that system, and also the heater core- you can easily do it by removing both heater core hoses from the engine side (leaving the hoses on the heater core side) and simply blasting a garden hose through both directions.
pour in some flush system, run engine for 10 minutes, repeat process.
when i did mine, i used the garden hose the 1st 4 times, and distilled water the last 4 times, and toyota coolant/distilled water mix as a finale.
AND
your BOTH retarded.
you BOTH replied at the SAME FIRGGEN TIME != 9:52 + 9:54
looks like someone has "dial-up, and another has comcast"
Last edited by idanity; 12-23-2007 at 08:14 AM.
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