So I spent this past weekend installing a new heater control valve from Wagonmeister - works perfect, so good in fact now I realized that I have a core leak...the dreaded heater core. Been reading up seems like a PIA but doable. The pains of buying a SoCal car where they never used the heat.
My question is on parts - read that an aftermarket core causes uneven heating? The other thing is likely replacing the blower motor and resistor "while you are in there". I think all of that is still available via OEM Volvo. If OEM is the core going to fail again? Also - I get a scraping noise on fan speed 3 is that the motor or the fan wheel/blades/cage rubbing something?
Anyway - looks like a day spent replacing this, maybe send out my dash for repair also.
Thanks
My question is on parts - read that an aftermarket core causes uneven heating? The other thing is likely replacing the blower motor and resistor "while you are in there". I think all of that is still available via OEM Volvo. If OEM is the core going to fail again? Also - I get a scraping noise on fan speed 3 is that the motor or the fan wheel/blades/cage rubbing something?
Anyway - looks like a day spent replacing this, maybe send out my dash for repair also.
Thanks