2003 Freightliner Columbia No Heat

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  1. Smellfunny

    Smellfunny Road Train Member

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    No heat in cab. No cut-off valves. No heater control valve. One supply line runs from pipe off of lower radiator pipe and the other from a fitting off the back of water pump.
    Truck is getting up to about 180 degrees on gauge.
    I checked the blend door and it is working ok.
    I checked to make sure I could blow through the hoses and even moved them from being supplied off the top of oil cooler.
    I replaced the heater core and filled the core and lines with water after installing.
    Ran the truck up to temp and bled the pipe on top of the top radiator pipe.
    Still not heat.
    I was thinking of getting a piece of clear 3/4 hose to see if water is flowing but all I had at the shop on Sunday is as hard as a brick.
    Suggestions?
     
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  3. QUALITYTRUCK

    QUALITYTRUCK Road Train Member

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    If it is a Series 60, have had more than a few with slipping impellers on the water pump. Unfortunately only way to know for sure is to remove and inspect.
     
  4. nikmirbre

    nikmirbre Road Train Member

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    I had the same problem on my 60 series...... I replaced the water pump and its been all good for over 2 years.
     
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  5. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    Same here. Impeller turns just enough to keep it from overheating. When my 12.7 did it, I remembered my 65 Dodge slant six, as a teenager. Froze all winter, changed heater core, thermostats. I finally figured it out, in the springtime.
     
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  6. Smellfunny

    Smellfunny Road Train Member

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    Well got the pump off just now and put a crow foot pry bar and spun the gear and the impeller is not loose. Went ahead and put a new water pump on just in case it was slipping from time to time. Filled it back up with coolant. Ran truck up to 200 degrees. No Heat...

    Drained the coolant and ran the heater hoses back the way they were to begin with and filled with coolant and still no heat. One hose feels warm and the other feels hotter. Checked the blend door again and it is moving and no matter which way I move it it is still cool.
     
  7. Smellfunny

    Smellfunny Road Train Member

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    Sorry it is a series 60 12.7. Can't believe I left that out.
     
  8. goga

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    Have you tried running it straight through, without adj valve? I mean, connect the hoses straight to the core outlets.
    But: first connect the heater hoses together with any type of hose connector, just to have the coolant circling within. If they are both hot, you have the circulation. Then try the core, no go, find another one. If go, connect valve. Something like that, just eliminate one point at a time.

    PS: use locking pliers to squeeze the hoses, so there is no need to dump the coolant all the time.
     
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  9. Smellfunny

    Smellfunny Road Train Member

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    The hoses go directly to the heater core. No cutoff valves or control valve. After I installed the water pump where the old heater hoses were connected I had just made a loop with heater hose when I removed it and that hose was really hot so I figured I would just hook the heater hoses to the core back to that location and perhaps have heat. Nope.
    The heater core is new.
     
  10. goga

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    If the loop is hot and core is not, then there is an obstacle in there, try air it, if pressure goes through it. Otherwise, have no idea, other than any different core to try.
     
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  11. Smellfunny

    Smellfunny Road Train Member

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    Yeah I took the lines off and blew through them with my mouth (nasty) and it had flow.
    I even removed the lines and poured water into the line and blew that into the core and could hear it bubbling in the coolant tank.
     
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