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It doesn't take much to fog up your car completely.... 200 1989

posted by  Ken C on  Thu Mar 2 11:18 CST 2006
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re: "...It produces quite a lot of heat, does that mean that the heater core is in working condition and not at fault...?"

Not at all -- the heater can continue to work (deliver heat to the air blown through it) while it leaks.

And it only takes a few drops of water turned to steam to occupy a lot of volume -- you probably have a miniscule leak (viz., "...I am not loosing any coolant as far as I can tell from the coolant reservoir..."), but it can grow.

My suggestion is to get it fixed, or at least confirm that it's not the heater core. Back in the mid-'60s, in college, I had a old chevy for a few months. It was a real wreck, but cheap -- then one cold night the heater core blew and in an instant, I couldn't see out any window ... steam everywhere, and every window was all coated with a greasy film on the inside that resisted wiping off ... I was lucky to pull off the road without being in a wreck!

Good luck.





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