The heater core is located inside the vehicle between the instrument panel and the firewall. It looks like a miniature radiator minus the fill neck and cap. The purpose of the heater core is to ...

Q: During the past two weeks I ve noticed my windshield has steamy areas just above the defroster ducts, and the defroster doesn t do much to make them go away unless I drive for a long time.

Anyone who has tackled heater core replacement will tell you they’d rather have an all-night root canal than have to perform this dreaded task. Heater core leakage begins with the subtle aroma of ...

Early 2000's American trucks are awesome, and monstrous 8.1 liter V8 Vortec Chevy trucks are even more so. But when the time comes to change the heater core on one of these beasts, the bill can leave ...

It's all about control. Harnessing fire was a pivotal achievement by humans in controlling the environment. And that's what we're talking about, control of the heat in the Corvette cockpit. Getting ...

Seeing a puddle of coolant under your car is never a good thing. Whether it’s coming from your radiator, water pump, heater core, freeze plugs, or other portion of your cooling system, it can mean big ...

My 2008 Jeep JK Wrangler has always had good heat and A/C and is, in my opinion, such an improvement over the older Jeeps. But I am having a problem with the heat this year. My A/C was ice-cold this ...

Dear Car Talk: My heater core started leaking, so I plugged the hoses going to the heater. I live in Hawaii, so I don’t need the heater. After a few months, I noticed that the plugs I had installed ...

This close-up of a heater core shows the thin metal tubes that carry water through it. These tubes can easily clog with debris or scale deposits if the cooling system is not maintained. Also visible ...