No Heat

[cnilkyrclit]

Hello All, My Sister In Law Has A 96 Tauras. Its Not Getting Any Heat. It Has A New Thermostat, And A New Water Pump. What Else Is There That I Can Do To Try And Figure Out What The Prob Is?? Thanx.

[sfontain]

Originally Posted by cnilkyrclit

Hello All, My Sister In Law Has A 96 Tauras. Its Not Getting Any Heat. It Has A New Thermostat, And A New Water Pump. What Else Is There That I Can Do To Try And Figure Out What The Prob Is?? Thanx.

What's the mileage?

When was the last coolant flush?

Did the heat disappear gradually or suddenly?

[Psychopete]

Originally Posted by sfontain

What's the mileage?

When was the last coolant flush?

Did the heat disappear gradually or suddenly?

To add to this:
What does the temperature gauge read?

Pete

[cnilkyrclit]

96 Tauras, I Believe It Has Roughly 128000 Miles. The Coolant Was Flushed When The New Water Pump Was Put On. Not Sure What The Temp Gauge Reads. This Is My Sister In Laws Car. She Does Drive It Quite Often Though. The Car Did Sit For About A Month When The Water Pump Went Bad. Heat Was Working Well Before That.

[Psychopete]

Originally Posted by cnilkyrclit

96 Tauras, I Believe It Has Roughly 128000 Miles. The Coolant Was Flushed When The New Water Pump Was Put On. Not Sure What The Temp Gauge Reads. This Is My Sister In Laws Car. She Does Drive It Quite Often Though. The Car Did Sit For About A Month When The Water Pump Went Bad. Heat Was Working Well Before That.

Sounds like the heater core is clogged. I would attempt to back flush the heater core only. Depends on what the temperature gauge is reading though.

[NakedDancer]

Are you getting pressure on the hose after it warms up? If not then that new Thermostat still could be bad or installed wrong. Like the other guys says, check the heater core as well.

[KimMG]

Feel the heater core hoses and see if they are getting hot after the car warms up. If only one of them is hot, then the core is clogged. Also on most of these cars need the core flushed separately from the rest of the system.