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Originally Posted by duxthe1
Not what you want to hear but the heater core is buried under the dash.  So much so that you strip the dash out of the car and proceed to remove the entire heater box assembly before disassembling it to get to the heater core.  It is almost as if they layed the core on the assembly line and built a car around it.  There is the possibility that the core itself is not leaking but instead the o-rings that seal the attaching pipes. However it would be foolish to not go ahead and install a new core as you still have huge labor just to get to the o-rings.  |
Probably cost an arm and a leg to buy a heater core from the dealer too. And while you are at the heater core you might as well fork out the cash for a new evaporator core and replace that at the same time. And you don't want to buy cheap after market right (for the above reason).?