[Shotimes] Heater Core ?s.

[Ryan Staley]

One more question.  The heater core is the same brand and everything
throughout the V6 SHO run right?  For instance.. they changed alternators 3
times.  Just curious.

Ryan Staley
Pittsburgh, PA
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Fourchy" <krazgeo@jps.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Heater Core ?s.


> On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 09:18:16 -0500, Paul L Fisher wrote:
>
> >I haven't heard of more than 1 or 2 LEGITIMATELY bad heater cores.
>
> We just had this thread.  I make no claims for any cars other than my own.
I have had to
> replace cores in all but the last two of my pre-owned aquisitions (not
including the
> Lowrider, which was purchased new).  As Ron Porter said, they are not
necessarily
> cream-puffs.  But they ALL still needed cores, and they all ran well,
except for the Plus
> from Hell, which is now on its third (more or less) engine (and now also
runs well).  If
> I could ever get that stupid web page to load pictures, I have visual
proof from inside
> it that you could add another LEGITIMATE bad core to your list.
>
> I'm not quite sure what being a cream-puff or not has to do with heater
cores blowing.
> The SLOrider has a non-grounded plenum, which will eat cores (total of 4)
faster than a
> foot of toe-out will eat tires at 100 mph.  It's a cream puff.  I don't
think that is the
> problem with any of the others.  Perhaps, like the bad run of a/c liquid
lines I ran into
> in 2000, there might have been a bad run of heater cores.  The one in my
Fiesta was
> purchased new by me in the late '80s, and after several years it started
to seep at the
> base.  I removed it, had a radiator shop open it up, and found a very poor
solder job
> from the factory.  A little clean-up effort by the shop, and it sealed up
fine and is in
> the car now, 10 years later.
>
> Maybe one should have a qualified shop open the core and resolder the end
caps before it
> goes in the car the first time.
>
> George
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