I am having a problem with my heat....it blows andit gets warm (eventually) but no matter how high i put the setting on it blows like it'* on low..same with the AC also..thanks

Do you have automatic climate control? Does it sound like the heater fan is speeding up when you put it on high?

No I don't have automatic and it does not sound like it turns up..like it stays on low all the time..thanks

OK, you need to check and tell us the voltages at the three different fan settings.

sorry fuddy..as i paid more attention this evening..the fan noise does turn up like it is blowing like crazy..but the heat is not blowing out like it sounds..it is barely comming out..but it does eventually get it warm..i checked the vacume hose under the hood and all is fine!

thanks

Sounds like a clogged evap core to me. Use the procedure in Techinfo.

Could be something as simple as the screw on the squirl cage is loose and not turning the cage. Just an idea. To check just pull the blower motor and see. You will also be able to see if the motor is turning at faster rpm'*. Those plastic cages tend to crack at the shaft of the blower motor.

Um, I've never seen a cracked one myself, and the motor shaft is usually a D-profile so it won't slip; the retainer nut is just that, not a set screw. In any case, it'* not too horrendous to pull the blower motor for a look-see, although the first item I would pull would be the blower speed controller module (or resistor pack, depending on whether you have electronic A/C or not) from the middle of the evaporator core housing on the firewall, just below the MaxiFuse/Relay Center. (Pulling the blower motor and fan will not enable you to see the core fins; you must pull the controller module for that.)

Pulling the blower controller will allow you to see a sizeable area of the evaporator core, and what I suspect you'll find is that its fins are oily and clogged with dirt. Cleaning that will improve the airflow, per the TechInfo article.

Ideally, replacing the evaporator core is the main fix (since it probably sprang a leak, the source of the oily mess), but that requires a lot of disassembly.

My goof, Andy, I thought she said it DID sound like it sped up. I agree with checking the voltages first.

My evap core, however, didn't spring a leak, but was clogged with dust/debris. I increased my airflow by about 1/3 by cleaning it. Jseabert gained about 50%.

Good!

Somewhere around here I still have the photos from last summer'* big evaporator core replacement project. Gotta write that up sometime...

BTW, are we still unable to embed photos in TechInfo articles? Seems kind of weird that we can't, what with all the images getting plastered all over the regular postings here...