[Shotimes] Heater Core ?s.

[Paul L Fisher]

I haven't heard of more than 1 or 2 LEGITIMATELY bad heater cores. Mine is
original at 166K miles. In talking to Doug Mellum at Performance-Plus, he
said he has only seen 7 or 8 bad heater cores in the time he has worked on
Taurus's

Paul L Fisher
'93 Ford Taurus SHO Crimson Clearcoat ATX 166K Build date 11/18/1992
- K&N Panel filter, Tokico Struts, Eibach Springs, Dynomax cat-back, Holley
190lph fuel pump, FPS rebuilt ATX, 26mm rear sway bar, Performance-Plus
Stainless Steel Y-pipe, Delrin sub-frame bushings, Amsoil Series 2000 0W-30
oil, Amsoil Synthetic ATF.
'00 Ford Explorer XLT 5.0L V8 AWD Oxford White Clearcoat 34K Build date
11/19/1999
- Amsoil Series 2000 0W-30 oil, K&N Fuel Injection Performance Kit

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Staley" <sulu16@attbi.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Heater Core ?s.


> Sine I'm probably going to go with a Gen 2 mtx soon since I wrecked my Gen
> 3, how common is it for a heater core dying?  This sounds harder than
> replacing heads on a motor for JUST heat.
>
> Ryan Staley
> wrecked 97 TR
> Pittsburgh, PA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Fourchy" <krazgeo@jps.net>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 9:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Heater Core ?s.
>
>
> > On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 07:15:01 -0500, Steve Weinrich wrote:
> >
> > >The 113.99 is for the condensor that George suggested be replaced.  The
> core
> > >is 20 buchks as you noted.
> >
> > Maybe a bit of confusion here regarding terminology.  The condensor goes
> in front of the
> > radiator.  That's bigger, and might be over 100 bucks new.  I got a good
> used one from a
> > yard for 25 bucks.  I'm positive I paid less than 50 bucks for the new
> evaporator, which
> > goes in the heater plenum adjacent to the heater core, in the '89 (Happy
> 2, aka Greased
> > Lightning) that got the heater and a/c repairs (it also got the used
> condensor).  I don't
> > know what a new condensor costs, but it certainly could be over 100
bucks.
> >
> > That might explain the higher price mentioned here.
> >
> > George
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