Ken.
Before doing ANYTHING ELSE.
REPLACE THE RADIATOR CAP!!! This made a problem for my 1989 Honda, and I had
to spend 160+ dollars to find that out. I bought a water pump, hoses, and
thermostat. none of these worked. Lastly I contacted a guy at my local honda
shop, and he told me to get a new radiator cap. It solved the problem, and
my car was back to sunny and 85 degrees interior.
My dakota posed a similar problem to the Hondy, and I tried the rad cap
first, Know what? It worked. Try the cheapes and easiest option first. The
radiator cap. Worked for me.....
Scott E. Stinson
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Allgood <kenallgood@home.com>
To: <dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 10:53 PM
Subject: DML: Winter and no heat!!!
> hmmm.. ok, well started to use the heat for the first time in my truck
> this fall, and found out, I'm getting almost no heat! Just some basic
> info. 1st - only mods are quick-d intake and gibson cat-back. 97 cc slt
> 5.2L. 2nd - I drive 30 min to work. About 5 min city, 20 min hwy,
> another 5 min city. I'll drive about 15 min, see my temp up to about
> 210-220, figure the engine is warmed up. Turn on the heat. I get about
> 5-10 seconds of BARELY lukewarm air before it goes cold again. Turn it
back
> off. I drive down further. Meanwhile, I'm watching my temp gauge slowly
go
> back and forth from 175(?!?!?) up to 220ish, and back down.. goes back
and
> forth about every 30 seconds or so... I've even driven on the hwy at
70mph
> with od off for 10 min (little over 3000 RPM) to try to get it to warm
up..
> no go.. I'm thinking thermostat, and since it's probably time to put in
a
> 180 anyway (or maybe that isn't the best idea with this problem???)...
I'm
> thinking the thermostat is stuck open... suggestions/ideas?? please
> help.. I don't wanna freeze my arse off and this means I gotta drive the
> little 4 banger Probe to work until it's got heat again.. hmmm.. also
> sounds like a good time to get some Autolite 3923's ;-) oh yeah, heat
> worked just fine last winter.
>
> Ken Allgood
> 97 CC SLT 5.2L
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