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Old 10-04-2008, 01:02 PM
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Could all these causes be one culprit?

The truck is a 2000 F150 V6 extended cab.

The radiator fluid is topped off, the heater core hoses do not get hot. I checked between the battery and firewall for broken or loose vacuum lines but found none. And there is a fairly new thermostat in the truck.

The idle jumps from 500-1500. And there is not one bit of heat coming through the vents. The check engine light is on but have not yet went to autozone to hook up the computer to it yet. Is there anything i could start checking as its the weekend and have time to do so?

Thanks alot!!
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welcome... go to autozone
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Engine light is off now. Just flushed out the system and flushed out the heater core seperately. Idle is good and a problem we noticed was the A/C clutch is spinning full time and saw condensation on the hose.

When standing at the front bumper the Right heater core hose gets kind of hot but the Left one stays pretty cold. Any ideas?
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its because its a ford. ford is crap they are designed to fail after warranty. and sometimes with waranty. but ford makes sure they brake on u so u buy a newer one.
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Well I guess that our esteemed colleague pintye30 summed it up for us. You're gonna have to sell that Ford and buy a Chevy cause it cannot be helped. (sarcasm)
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Well I guess that our esteemed colleague pintye30 summed it up for us. You're gonna have to sell that Ford and buy a Chevy cause it cannot be helped. (sarcasm)
im just messing with yall. its fun 2 see yall confused on why a ford guy is talking good about chevys and putting down fords.
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Cheers man. Haven't quite figured you out yet, but you say some interesting things. Probably fun to drink with



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