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2002 Weekender Heater Core Issue- Maybe

 

Read thru most heater core posts, but have odd situation-
2002 Weekender- when I turn on the heat control, I get a definite antifreeze smell and the inside of the windshield fogs up
I don't see any leakage trails inside the vehicle or under the hood. Also don't see any reduction in the antifreeze level.
Any thoughts on this? Misting when heat is on? Heater core or control assembly?
Any thoughts appreciated.
Also any reccommendations on Eurovan repair folks in Denver-Boulder, CO area?
?
Thanks,
Jim Marski
Pine, CO
 

Don't overthink this!
Heater Core blown...
You can bypass the heater core till you get time to pull the dash to access the heater core, and deal with the blend door foam at the same time...

Ch
'03 Weekender - W/ blown heater core!
 

It only takes a tiny amount of antifreeze to make s stink and fog your windshield. Do something about this ASAP before you have a catastrophic blowout.
 

Jim,

I should have also given a shout out to Cole Ford, in the Denver area. I don’t think he’s turning wrenches any longer but great person for advice and a big contributor to this board over the years. Check him a Cavevan.com.

David Springe

Sent from my iPhone, please excuse my typos.
 

Hi Jim,

Sterling Autowerks in Denver. Great guy, not the fastest but he’s a great mechanic. I just had him do my timing chain - pretty much an engine full front end refresh, all new everything plus crack pipe, vac tubes, motor mounts, Go Westy transmission cooler and a ton of little odds and ends.

At the moment I’m about 5000 miles into an east coast road trip and it’s running smooth and strong - like brand new. I’ve been meaning to do a post on all the crazy stuff Sterling did to the van. Soon. But he’s your guy in Denver.

2003 EV MV
238,000 mile and counting.


David Springe

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Hi David, I did a similar job on my 2003 GLS ( I did the camper conversion) with 256000 miles, in addition to the engine work had the transmission fully rebuilt. I was wondering how much you put in the engine work, I spent about 10k. Mine runs like a new one now.
Bill

On Aug 18, 2024, at 8:39?PM, David Springe via groups.io <d.springe31@...> wrote:

?Hi Jim,

Sterling Autowerks in Denver. Great guy, not the fastest but he’s a great mechanic. I just had him do my timing chain - pretty much an engine full front end refresh, all new everything plus crack pipe, vac tubes, motor mounts, Go Westy transmission cooler and a ton of little odds and ends.

At the moment I’m about 5000 miles into an east coast road trip and it’s running smooth and strong - like brand new. I’ve been meaning to do a post on all the crazy stuff Sterling did to the van. Soon. But he’s your guy in Denver.

2003 EV MV
238,000 mile and counting.


David Springe

Sent from my iPhone, please excuse my typos.
 

Bill,

I’m honestly not sure. I haven’t tried to calculate the engine work only part separately from all the other things we did. But I’d guess it’s in the ballpark of your $10k.


David Springe


Sent from my iPhone, please excuse my typos.
 

Problem went away after installing this:???almost a year ago.? I only wish I would've installed it earlier.









On Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 08:27:24 PM PDT, Jim <marski@...> wrote:


Read thru most heater core posts, but have odd situation-
2002 Weekender- when I turn on the heat control, I get a definite antifreeze smell and the inside of the windshield fogs up
I don't see any leakage trails inside the vehicle or under the hood. Also don't see any reduction in the antifreeze level.
Any thoughts on this? Misting when heat is on? Heater core or control assembly?
Any thoughts appreciated.
Also any reccommendations on Eurovan repair folks in Denver-Boulder, CO area?
?
Thanks,
Jim Marski
Pine, CO

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