Replacing heater core on lw300

Discussion in 'Saturn L-series' started by Oppie, Jan 1, 2007.

  1. Oppie

    Oppie Guest

    I darn near choked when I saw a puddle of coolant on the passenger side
    floor. Having replaced heater cores on other vehicles, I know that usually
    the entire dashboard gets removed. I was pleasantly surprised on the '01
    lw300 to find that the hoses all snap apart fairly easily and the core
    itself can be removed by only removing some passenger side trim and a few
    screws! Not even sure yet if it is definitely the core or a O-ring joint
    that is leaking. I have some newspaper wedged under the pipes and core for
    now to see where the leak is coming from. Should know pretty soon where the
    leak is.

    Even the blower motor is not too bad to get at. It's been squeaking a bit
    lately. It comes out from the top but may require removing the wiper arms
    and vent plate.
     
    Oppie, Jan 1, 2007
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