heater always on

heater always on

Postby Anniepoo » Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:21 pm

I know this is crazy, but somehow my 'car' heater's always on a little. Any idea how to fix this?
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Re: heater always on

Postby Bethers » Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:44 pm

Mine is the same - turn the temp gauge to cold - you'll get cool air instead. In the winter I have to have it turned to hot or I get cold air. First car I've had that does that...
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Re: heater always on

Postby Anniepoo » Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:23 pm

Ooh, good idea - but it's already on 'cold'

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Re: heater always on

Postby WickedLady » Sun Aug 21, 2011 12:07 am

My GMC has an OFF setting below the AC settings otherwise it is always on also.
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Re: heater always on

Postby avalen » Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:04 am

keep in mind the heater lines are an extension (so to speak) of your coolant system that runs through your radiator.
The fluid flows through the radiator and then through a heater core, which also looks like an itty bitty radiator. So
even if the heater is off, you will still get a little heat out of it. The best way to fix this issue is to have a shut off
valve on the heater hose that feeds the heater core. My old chevy van had one and I just turned the valve off during
the summer months. The valve looked just like a faucet valve you'd see on your outside water spigot, others look like
a lever that was on if inline with the hose and off if at a ninety degree angle to the hose. It was a great system though,
however it did have its inconvenience when I needed the heat and had to go pop the hood to open the valve.
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Re: heater always on

Postby Anniepoo » Fri Aug 26, 2011 12:03 pm

ooh! Thanks Avalen.

I have a fellow looking at the machinery tomorrow, I'll ask him about it.
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Re: heater always on

Postby Anniepoo » Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:16 pm

For the record, this turned out to be related to the exhaust leak.
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