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Old 02-03-2014, 05:04 PM
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I have an 02 ram 1500 4.7 and I have been having issues with little to no heat. I assumed my door blend was bad or the heater core was bad. My main problem is that I was getting a greasy condensation on the windshield whenever I used the heat. When starting the truck as well as accelerating, I could hear the heater core gurgling and sounded like it was leaking but I did not get any liquid on my floor mats. Now bear with me as I have never dealt with any issue like this before but I was searching through youtube for videos to change the heater core. One guy was getting the gurgling noise yet he found that he just had a pinhole size leak in his hose. Is it possible to have a greasy condensation on the glass due to this? This is just my last resort before changing the heater core tomorrow.

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If you're getting coolant smell and condensation on the inside of the windshield you have a leaking heater core.
 
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Old 02-03-2014, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by p38251
If you're getting coolant smell and condensation on the inside of the windshield you have a leaking heater core.
To add to that... when you replace the heatercore, change the evap core as well, and replace the blend/mode doors as well with a reinforced set from heatertreater. Even if they're not broke now, they will. Guarenteed.
 



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