About Dinger Expertise Happy Holiday everyone!
Specialize in transmissions. Many years at the dealer level in general repair, Red Sox Baseball and uber-experience with Lincoln Navigators. Come on Patriots! Nice job on the Lions last week!
Experience 11 years in the transmission industry.
Organizations ATSG, ASE, BPOE!
Education/Credentials On the job! Real life experience. Hours beyond hours of studying tranmission principles, updates, mods. Performance mods, towing mods, etc..
Awards and Honors Rated top in my field by Aamco Transmissions, 1999 Ranked 2nd in the country for Cottman Transmission 2006
Question Thanks Dinger! The thermo gauge does work, so where does that take me now? Merry Christmas and Red Sox rule!
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When I turn on the heat, i get just cold air for approx 20 minutes, then it will finally kick in. Is this a thermostat problem?
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Hi Dave,
It could be, does the temp gauge work and does it show the car is at proper operating temperature? If the gauge shows cold for a long period of time then I would say that the thermostat is stuck open.
Answer Hi Dave,
And those Pats! 40-7! Love it. Sure miss Boston. I think, and I wish I had that car here to check it, that the heater core might be clogged. I suggest, before we go throwing parts at it, that we flush the system. The sell coolant system flush kits at your local parts house, Wal-mart, etc... Follow the directions making sure the heat is set on max. Rear too if you have rear heat. Replace the anti-freeze and retest. Let me know how it turns out, but I think this is the problem. If this doesn't do it, I have the directions with pictures to replace the thermostat.
