So the new Camaro had the heater core bypassed, and I was hoping it didn't mean the old one was shot - so I hooked the hoses up and got a foggy windshield after I tried to purge the air from my cooling system. Snap! Last night I bought a new core but it was too dark to install it, and this morning I had a nice green puddle in the passenger side floormats. Now I've got the old one out. I can't really tell where it's leaking from, but that's alright I guess. Now the hard part. Putting the new one back in. I work at 3:30pm! Wish me luck! (I have a different car I'll be driving to work...)

 

Alright! Got the new one in and positioned. The pipes are through the firewall, and it didn't take any bending to get them to fit. Now I just have to screw everything back together. I may just drive this thing to work today! All in all not so bad (so far) This was my first Third-Gen heater core (did one in a 98 Sonoma - That's a pain!) I started at about 10:40ish this morning. If anyone is wondering why I keep posting on here instead of just doing the heater - it's cold outside! I need to warm my frozen fingers! I suppose being a small guy helped with the work.

 

And she's good! Just drove her over to a friend's house and no leaks or bad hoses. Awesome!

 

U can do them in an hr or two.

From under the dash without pulling it out like the manuals state :-)

Attacking the screws blind is about the only hard part involved.

later
Jeremy

 

agreed, i just did mine about a month ago and start to finish was about 2.5 hours. lucky for me, the douche who had my car before me just but all the hoses and bypassed a bunch of stuff. so that was the hardest part was getting everything ran right again. athough i did leave the throttle body bypassed.

 

Actually having a new heater core that gives really good heat and that is a great feeling in the North.

 

It sure is my friend! It sure is...

 

Well - as an added bonus (kidding) my windshield doesn't fog up and freeze over! I hadn't washed the coolant residue off of my glass yet, but it seems to resist the interior icing that my Grand Prix is experiencing this time of year! I almost want to keep it one there! ( I purchased Rain-X's interior glass anti-fog. Anyone know if it's any good?)

 

Now, I won't rule out installer error, but does anyone have any ideas as to why my new heater core my have just junked out on me after just under a month? I'm going to check it out and see if it's cracked, and I kind of hope it is. Any other reasons a heater core with the proper coolant level would fail so quickly?

 

did it spring a leak already?

 

did u buy it from autozone? if so there's your problem

 

It did, and - I got it from Murray's.

Exchanged it for a new one under warranty and put that one in today. Hope this one works out.