Re: Cold Feet

[Thomas Washburn <thomasw@domain.elided>]

Hal Taylor <taylor@domain.elided> wrote:
> What does it mean when I'm cruising along with the top down 
> and the stream of warm air that's been keeping my feet all 
> toasty warm for the last twenty minutes suddenly turns tepid?  
> The car was well warmed up, all gauges reading normal, 175
> F on the coolant gauge, fan blowing high (and continuing to 
> blow the tepid air).  I tried monkeying with the sliders to 
> na avail.  The warmth did seem to kick in again for just a
> minute or two at one point, then disappeared again.  Heat 
> has always worked GREAT on this car, 'till now.
> 
> Guesses, anybody?

Check the coolant level and bleed the system.  It may be that
nothing but steam is circulating through your heater core.
I suspect it will soon start spitting boiling coolant from the
overflow bottle, with the gauge still at 175.

- - Tom
thomasw@domain.elided

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