TinaKotek
Junior Member
Hey ram forum, first time poster here - I’ve owned my 2009 5.7L hemi 1500 for about three years now and I’ve had nothing but issue after issue like whack a mole it seems and I justify it by the fact it’s paid off .
I had an evaporator leak code last year and spent a pretty penny tracking down what the issue was changed the canister and it ended up being the purge pump.. had a rear pinion leak and got that taken care of.. then I had no heat on the drivers side and also a nasty belt squeal building so I decided to save some money this time and take the job on myself. I ended up changing the water pump, thermostat, idler pulley, belt tensioner, did the clutch fan delete x v6 E fan and tune, did a flush through the coolant system and heater core back flush.. flushed some rusty gunk out and got clear healthy flow through the heater core hoses afterwards. while I was running the truck after adding coolant back in and bleeding the system I felt good heat on the drivers side I thought and after driving it yesterday it feels lukewarm again, could it be air in the heater core? Or should I do another flush? Ideas?.. I really don’t want to tear the dash apart.
I had an evaporator leak code last year and spent a pretty penny tracking down what the issue was changed the canister and it ended up being the purge pump.. had a rear pinion leak and got that taken care of.. then I had no heat on the drivers side and also a nasty belt squeal building so I decided to save some money this time and take the job on myself. I ended up changing the water pump, thermostat, idler pulley, belt tensioner, did the clutch fan delete x v6 E fan and tune, did a flush through the coolant system and heater core back flush.. flushed some rusty gunk out and got clear healthy flow through the heater core hoses afterwards. while I was running the truck after adding coolant back in and bleeding the system I felt good heat on the drivers side I thought and after driving it yesterday it feels lukewarm again, could it be air in the heater core? Or should I do another flush? Ideas?.. I really don’t want to tear the dash apart.