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Trouble with heating and power steering.

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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 08:42 PM
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Default Trouble with heating and power steering.

This is for my brother who has an '03. He has heat coming out passenger side but not the driver side. Truck is also leaking coolant. He took it to the dealer and was told he needed a new radiator. He replaced it and it still leaks. What the heck?

Second, his power steering is leaking a little bit. How many hoses are there and where ia a good place to get them. Dealers want booku bucks and parts stores are not much better.

I appreciate the help and have 2 Dodge rams myself, so I AM A FAN.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 09:24 AM
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I have both those issues myself on my 03' Ram. My heater issue is very frustrating and I've followed all kinds of instructions and advice on how to diagnose it but still haven't figured it out. I cut into the heater box to see if the blending doors were broken or not functioning and they are intact and working perfectly. The weird thing is, it's cold on one side of the heater core and hot on the other when air blows through the box so I assumed there was a coincidental blockage right at about the halfway point in the core?? I flushed the whole system and even pulled the two hoses off where they go through the firewall and flushed just the core and right after that I DID get hot air on both sides but then a week later it was right back to cold on the drivers side??... Anyway I'm going to try it all again and see what I can figure out and I'll let you know if I find something. Otherwise you might want to have him check the blend doors to see if they are not functioning. This site was what helped me and the guy is VERY helpful and nice; http://www.heatertreater.net/Ram%2002-08%20Listing.html.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 11:26 PM
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Thanks for your input. I forwarded it to my brother and let him deal with it.
 
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