Greetings Fellas,
A friend of mine has a 1997 Taurus GL, it's a fine piece of transportation, but having issues with the defrost.
My gut feel is that the heater core is plugged, but I want to be sure before going to the trouble of replacing it. I'll share what I know, then any comments would be welcome in understanding the next steps.
He drove the car over to my house, so everything was at operating temperature. When we first turned on the defrost, the air that came out was very hot, then quickly went cold. We played with the control knobs a bit, which are all kind of messed up. None of them stay on very well, but I was able to operate them with a set of needle nose pliers. My primary concern was that the AC was running the whole time on defrost, making the air coming out of the defrost vents quite cold. I'm wondering if the AC running is normal for defrost, I'm guessing maybe to take moisture out of the air???
Anyway, before replacing the heater core, I want to be sure that is the issue opposed to there being a problem with the control unit, which would obviously be a lot easier to replace.
Thanks in advance for your guidance
Chris
A friend of mine has a 1997 Taurus GL, it's a fine piece of transportation, but having issues with the defrost.
My gut feel is that the heater core is plugged, but I want to be sure before going to the trouble of replacing it. I'll share what I know, then any comments would be welcome in understanding the next steps.
He drove the car over to my house, so everything was at operating temperature. When we first turned on the defrost, the air that came out was very hot, then quickly went cold. We played with the control knobs a bit, which are all kind of messed up. None of them stay on very well, but I was able to operate them with a set of needle nose pliers. My primary concern was that the AC was running the whole time on defrost, making the air coming out of the defrost vents quite cold. I'm wondering if the AC running is normal for defrost, I'm guessing maybe to take moisture out of the air???
Anyway, before replacing the heater core, I want to be sure that is the issue opposed to there being a problem with the control unit, which would obviously be a lot easier to replace.
Thanks in advance for your guidance
Chris