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Hi Everybody, I've experienced an overpressure sort of issue on the inlet hose just upstream of the heater control valve in the engine compartment near the firewall. Coolant is full and tried to evacuate all air out of the system by loosening the 17mm bolt near the water pump. It seems as if...

FIXED...culprit: vapor trap

yeah I think your right. I hooked up a spare heater core in the engine compartment and it got pretty hot. I'll check the fuses, but if it's not that, there's gotta be something mechanically broken back there or the control module on the left hand side of the heater unit is faulty. That was...

thanks gloverman for your response. The cabin isn't warming up. It just blows cool air when the car is fully warmed up. I have a spare heater core, so I plan to hook it up externally in the engine compartment and see how effectively it's heating. If it is, perhaps the flow ducts might be...

Hey gang, I've been attempting to get my hands around a heater issue. I even went through the laborious task of pulling out the heater core. The heater core heated uniformed when circulated with hot water and there was no restricted flow. The heater control valve opens properly, thermostat...

Do any of you have experience ordering a climate control LCD through Pioneer directly? I've heard they have an LCD replacement part for the LS, part no. CAW1385. I spoke with a phone rep but were not willing to share any details of the part, i.e. dimension, progs, etc. I just wanted to be...

I think the answer to your question is yes. I removed the heater control valve near the firewall and attempted to force water in the inlet hose and it was clogged. I'm currently attempting to remove the glove box, but it's awfully stubborn. Have you removed this without damaging it? It...

Hey Everybody, Have any of you changed out the heater core on a first gen LS (I'm guessing I'll have to access through either the glove box or behind the temp control unit)? I have some sort of clog downstream of the heater control valve and I'm going to attempt to remedy it by changing out the...

yeah, it's risky, but I had some water in there. I'm planning to do a flush and fill and wasn't quite ready for the coolant yet. Plan to add the red dexcool stuff specifically for aluminum blocks. Hopefully this will squeeze more life out of the pump and prevent premature corrosion.

update Well, it looks like it's fixed! Gotta make sure your rotors are lined up with the cam properly, it was 180 deg off on one camshaft (rh). I did notice a low idle for a couple of starts but I think the ECU eventually figured it out. The idle seems sorta high at 1k rpm but the engine is...

nice suggestions "och," I'll give that a try and let you know....

I did a little more diagnosis, and there was smoke that appeared to be coming out of the intake when starting the engine and an advancing sound for a few seconds even when the ignition was turned off. I'll do a tear down and check the timing again, maybe use an oem belt, let you know...

the belt is a non-OEM, goodyear, but the cr, lh, and rh lines were consistent with the marks on both camshaft pulleys and the crankshaft. Probably the belt is OK....

update ok, I double checked the spark plug wires and the plugs (brand new-NGK Vpower). I suspect it's something more severe, since there wasn't any misfire issues prior to changing the timing belt. When starting, it doesn't sound like a minor misfire, it sounds more major like the timing (a...

Hey gang, I've recently replaced the timing belt on my LS and suspect my timing might be slightly off. When starting there was an obvious vibration. When I installed the belt I made sure the small groove on crankshaft spindle was aligned with the small nipple on the engine (also the CR mark on...