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Heater Core: Regular or 'Heavy Duty'?

Old Feb 3, 2010 | 10:42 AM
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Heater Core: Regular or 'Heavy Duty'?

I'm beginning to get that ever so faint small of coolant when using the heater, so there may be a new heater core in my truck's future. The online parts catalogs list a 'regular' and a 'heavy duty' heater core. Does anyone know the difference?; Are the two units interchangeable? Can I tell which type my existing one is?
Oh, and thanks to the b**t*rds at Toyota Motor Sales USA, the Toyota DIY parts catalog site is now minus illustrations.

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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 05:32 PM
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I didn't know there was a "heavy duty" versoin sounds like a marketing scam, lol, a heater core either works, or it doesn't


unless they're talking about the 4Runners with rear heat...
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 05:40 PM
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I believe with the Standard duty model(The 8th digit of VIN code is "S" or "Y") But I think thaqt only has to do with the heater resistor/motor and not the core itself
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 02:48 PM
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If you need the Toyota part diagrams go to this site:

http://www.toyotapartszone.com/genui...ota-parts.html

Enter your VIN and there ya go
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by toyodiy.com
"The diagrams are no longer available on this site. For reasons that are beyond our comprehension, Toyota Motor Sales Inc. kept harrassing our ISP about them. It seems that they are really interested in quick profits from new car sales, so it is in their best interest that old cars fall apart asap."

That's hilarious :-)
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