Moderate the Heater Core in a One thousand nine hundred ninety seven Pontiac Grand Am
Whether you are losing engine coolant in your One thousand nine hundred ninety seven Pontiac Grand Am, and you don't observe any barefaced leaking, probation the floor in your van. Whether it is wet, then your heater core is Gunfire and you obligation to change it. You might very admit a clogged heater core. In either context, you Testament not get any heat inside the vehivle. The worst-case structure is that your Grand Am is overheating. Non-stop overheating creates other, another expensive repairs, so you charge to modify the heater core as soon as potential.
Instructions
Removal
1. Ajar the engine compartment and disconnect the contravening battery using a wrench to loosen the terminal stone. Refill the radiator and reservoir with fresh engine coolant. Start the Grand Am and check thoroughly for leaking.
Settle a jack stand under the motorcar near the jacking site and stand it to the frame. Crawl under the motorcar and detach the extract tube from the heater core. Disconnect the heater hoses from the heater core using a screwdriver to loosen the hose clamps.
3. Remove the jack stand from under the Grand Am and lower the vehicle to the ground. Inside the vehicle, remove the equitable and left sound insulators from the sprint panel. Remove the trim plate from the steering borderline using a screwdriver. Remove the trim plate from the instrument Swarm with the screwdriver.
4. Remove the glove compartment using the screwdriver. Remove the time plate from the instrument panel with the screwdriver. Remove the radio from the sprint. Unplug the wiring harness and the antenna cable. Disconnect the climate force unit and remove it. Remove the two nuts between the instrument panel and the cowl with a wrench.
5. Remove the screws attaching the panel and then unplug the wiring harnesses in the glove box. Under the hood, disconnect the bulkhead connector between the wiper Engine and the left fender. Alteration back to the inside of the van and remove the nuts that connect the steering limit harness to the cowl, using a wrench.
13. Reinstall the glove box using a screwdriver. Install the instrument Swarm and trim panel using a screwdriver. Remove the defroster grilles. Unfasten the screws along the pad that connect the pad to the cowl with the screwdriver.
7. Remove the pad brace screw inside the glove compartment opening with a screwdriver. Remove the pad from the instrument panel. Disconnect the antenna advance from the pad, then disconnect the hoses from the defroster. Unplug the object electrical vanguard from the hold together side of the instrument panel.
8. Remove the heater core access comprehend using a wrench. Remove the heater core mounting bolts using a wrench and pull it away of the vehicle.
Installation
9. Dwelling the brand-new heater core in the van and mount it using a wrench. Exchange the incorporate on the heater core box and tighten the bolts with a wrench. Plug in the oppose electrical sway on the condign side of the instrument panel. Connect the defroster hoses and tighten the clamps with a screwdriver. Connect the antenna leadership to the sprint pad.
10. Install the pad on the instrument panel and install the pad brace and screw with the screwdriver. Install the screws and secure the pad to the cowl using a screwdriver. Install the defroster grilles. Connect the wiring harness for the big beams, the ignition switch, the turn signals, the cruise management and the alpha switch clutch.
11. Reinstall the nuts that secure the steering wrinkle harness to the cowl, using a wrench. Stir to the engine compartment and connect the bulkhead connector between the wiper Engine and the left fender. Ploy back to the inside of the van and reinstall the screws that attach the panel, using the screwdriver. Plug the wiring harness calm at the glove box.
12. Reinstall the nuts that attach the panel to the cowl using a wrench. Install the climate polity panel and connect the wiring harness. Plug the electrical wire and antenna cable into the radio. Reinstall the radio in the sprint and secure it with the screwdriver. Reinstall the trim space plate to the sprint panel with the screwdriver.
6. Remove the back bolts from the steering edge with a wrench. Disconnect the high-beam dimmer switch, the ignition switch, the turn expression switch, the cruise administration and the first step switch electrical connectors. Reattach the embrace on the steering border and tighten the screws with the screwdriver. Reinstall the sound insulators under the sprint. Disinfected any liquid that may gain gotten inside the machine, using the rags.
14. Motion to the outside of the Grand Am and raise it with the automobile jack. Place a jack stand under the car near the jacking point and raise it to the frame. Crawl under the car and connect the heater hoses to the heater core. Tighten the hose clamps with the screwdriver. Connect the drain tube to the heater core. Remove the jack stand from under the car.
15. Lower the Grand Am to the ground. Make sure the valve on the bottom of the radiator is closed. Connect the negative battery cable and tighten the terminal nut with a wrench. Distance the bleed pan under the radiator and unbolted the valve with a wrench to empty the engine coolant. City the engine coolant elsewhere of span of household pets until you are able to save it.2. Lift the front of the Grand Am with the machine jack.
