Thread: Wifes van has no heat

yes i just took it out again and the temp came up on the gauges but was blowing out cold until i ran higher rpms also topped off coolant res. and radiator

Quote: Originally Posted by The Crowe Thanks everyone took for a test run it does appear it needs some coolant just cant tell looks like the holding tank is stained but i will add some to it also when i took it out for a drive the temp gauge came up good and it still was not heated air coming out but i gave it a little more throttle and it started blowing hot and when i pulled into the driveway put in park it started to blow cool again.i put...

It's a good possibility that the blend damper door is vacuum operated. You probably have a vacuum leak somewhere among the components related to the system....or the controller that opens/closes the door has a bad diaphragm. That would explain why it begins to 'work' when the RPMs are elevated.

Automatic climate control??

hate to bring this up.. but the blend doors could be broken as well... and that is gonna be a tough fix... you can go to the dodge forums and look through there without registering. If it is a climate control like previously mentioned.. it could be the blend door motor.. which is a pretty east fix/replacement. But if the door shaft is broken which is very common.. it get's labor intensive and pretty expensive as well. If that is it.. I...

is there any anti freeze in the floorboard? may need a new heater core or maybe just cleaned out.

might have to disconect one of the heater hoses and flush the heater core out, I had to do this a couple of years ago, easy to do.

thermostat

Buy her a pocket warmer.

Yes, change the thermostat. Sounds like it is stuck open. Cheap, easy repair.