Heater Core Leak

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jmgute_100@yahoo.com - 12 Dec 2006 11:06 GMT

My 2001 Diamante has started leaking from the heater core. I looks
like the entire dashboard has to come out to replace the "ASSEMBLY",
$246 worth of assembly. Tack on $499 for labor, and that's the
cheapest I could find, I'm looking at over $800. A while back Feb. of
2005 to be exact, MIKE had the same problem and was thinking of doing
the job himself. He needed Vol 2 of the Manufactures Service Manual
for detailed instructions on how to remove the dashboard. I've spent
quite a few hours on the net looking for the Man. Serv. Man. but
haven't been able to find one. Does anyone know where I can find one?
Does anyone have one and is willing to e-mail the necessary
instructions? One more question, the car has over 110k miles on it
right now, but I'm getting 26 mpg and it still looks good. Here's the
question, is it worth the effort to do this job or should I just get
rid of the car?

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Stewart DIBBS - 12 Dec 2006 12:26 GMT

> My 2001 Diamante has started leaking from the heater core.
> Here's thequestion, is it worth the effort to do this job or should I just
> get
> rid of the car?

Work out what it will cost to replace the car, along with the reduced sale
value with the leaking core.

Why not go to your dealer, buy the workshop manual (perhaps $100) and do the
job yourself?

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Reuben - 31 Dec 2006 08:47 GMT

>> My 2001 Diamante has started leaking from the heater core.
>> Here's thequestion, is it worth the effort to do this job or should I
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> Why not go to your dealer, buy the workshop manual (perhaps $100) and do
> the job yourself?

Have just done the heater radiator on my evo 2, is easy to do, just time
consuming, whole dash needs to come out, took about 5-6 hrs to take it out +
put it back in, tidied up wires while i was there + put new hose to boost
gauge throught the dash. Had to respray the interior where the coolant had
caused the paint to fall off. Don't need too many tools either 10 + 12mm
sockets, screwdriver set, pliers

Hope this helps

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