no heat

[jeffs93toy]

just like the title says the car has next to no heat. I just recently flushed the radiator and heater core and replaced fluids thinking that would fix the lack of heat and still nothing. I have just enough heat in the car to keep in near comfortable with it on full blast and wearing a coat... any suggestions? Blower works great by the way.

[solo_ryder]

Check the coolant level, you proly have air in the system or low coolant. Burp the coolant out while the car is hot with the thermostat open.

[jeffs93toy]

Ill give that a shot solo and ill let you know how it went.

[Daninski]

Ya what Jordan said. Try rapidly squeezing the upper rad hose to help burp the system. Sounds to me like there may not be a thermostat in the system. Does the temp gauge go up to where it should?

[jeffs93toy]

yes the temp gets up to the normal level, and there is indeed a thermostat in the car. In fact I was on the verge of buying a new one that opens up at a higher temp to try to fix the issue anyhow. I do have heat but just enough to defrost the windsheild and to keep the driver and passengers from shivering.

[Daninski]

Then it sounds like you need to bring your car to a Rad shop and have them power flush your system. The only other thing I can think of is one of the hoses to your heater core is plugged.

[solo_ryder]

Thats what I am thinking too Dan... You could go the ghetto route and unhook the heater core hoses and use a high powered water stream to blow out any s--- stuck in the core..

[jeffs93toy]

So I let the car run with the radiator open for about 10 mins then i started burping the top rad hose... had some bubbles come out, then i stoped the car and went back to tearing my interior out (did a lil painting) and upon reinstallation of everything i started playing with the heat selector on the climate control. After a minute I felt it pop off of something when i pushed it towards heat... so I quickly checked to make sure I did break it an turned the key and cycled the temp.
Sure enough it still worked. After I got done installing everyting the wife and I had to go to the store, When I ran the heat I was scalding hot again.

So I imagine my problem was a combination of a snagged control lever, and air in the system... not really sure though, but as long as the heat works Im happy, Thanks to all who replied so swiftly.