how do i fix the heat in my blazer without replacing the core?

Question

core leaks,broke, dealer wants 1000 to repair also wants the car for three days

oh and how do i chat with the answers directly

need a bandaid

tried stop leak didnt work over heated blow out pump gaskets

Answer 1

I just replaced one in my wife's blazer, and I can tell you it is a big job to do. You must remove most of the dash to get it out. It takes about two days to do the job. A thousand dollars sounds like a good deal to me. Since its a good 16 hours to do the job, multiply that by shop labor per hour, plus the parts, and you can see that its a good deal. Sorry but there is really no way around doing it this way that I know of. You could buy an aftermarket heater that you could mount under the dash "IF" you have the room to put it. Check with Jegs.com, or Summit Racing.com and either one sells an aftermarket heater, but I don't know the measurements of it. Good Luck!

Answer 2

Depends on the model year. If it has Dexcool and the coolant in the radiator looks like mud, there is a chance you can save it. Use a chemical flush...Prestone for example...and follow the directions. Sometimes 2 treatments are required. Then using a garden hose, flush the heater core in both directions until clear water flows out and has a good amount of volume flowing. If that doesn't clean it out, replacement is required if you want good heat.

Now if the heater core is leaking, anything short of replacement is just a bandaid. Don't waste your time with any snake oil tricks. They may work temporarily, but most will cause other problems too.

edit>>Ok, so it's leaking. $1K is about right, since the dash has to be removed. You can ~try~ some of that stop leak junk, but be forewarned...

edit#2>>I'll mail you one ;-)

Answer 3

load a wood stove into the back and store a supply of logs split to stoke a fire about thirty minutes before your morning drive. First You have to bolt the stove to metal that has not rusted out so when you get in a wreck the stove does not break loose and kill you or your passengers.You know your a redneck SPARKY. Look see how your question reads. With out a non leaking heater core there will not be hot water inside the heater core to blow air across to defrost the windshield. Get er done!

Answer 4

provide youself a minimum of 8 hours. some heater cores are worse than pulling an engine. i might want chewing my own arm off to changing a heater middle on a vehicle with A/C. Ford demands you do away with the full dashboard so do never circulate there. Ford additionally demands you pull the engine to replace an oil pan gasket on an F-one hundred fifty. Yikes! sturdy luck!

Answer 5

If the core is bad ti has to be replaced there is no option but it may also be because of a bad blower motor or leaky vaccum lines I suggest getting a mechanic to take a look at it, because explaining all the possibilities on anwers would just be too confusing

Answer 6

This question limits your help, I take it you've asked other people and they said it was the heater core, you found out what it was going to take, so now you want to fix it the core with out changeing the core.
Where's my points

Answer 7

It could be your selector switch (heater and AC controls in the dash) Or your thermostat on the engine block is going bad. If you got antifreeze in the passenger floorboard then your heater core is bad

Answer 8

Only reason to ever replace the core is if it is leaking.

Answer 9

1000.00 dollars is way to high for heater core replacement Shop around.

Answer 10

first off you need to provide a little more information on this,,i have been a mechanic for 35 yrs,,but there is not enough here for me to answer this one,,sorry.