How much for a new heater core?

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  1. JohnSmith69

    JohnSmith69 Light Load Member

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    I'm a new operator and I don't wanna get ripped off. I have a 2012 Freightliner Cascadia with Cummins ISX and I'm burning coolant and vaper is coming through my vents, fogging up my windows, awful coolant/moldy smell. I did some research and it could be a bad heater core. How much should that cost me to fix? How many hours, parts, etc. Thank you in advance
     
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  3. skallagrime

    skallagrime Road Train Member

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    Someone else doing it, skys the limit.
    You do it yourself

    Heavy Duty Truck & Off Road AC Parts from Trucker AC
    Dont let the site design fool you, only place ive bought ac parts from in 5 years, good price, service, and selection, be about 5 days after you order for it to show up though.

    THAT said, you may have difficulty getting to the heater core box depending on your vehicle's setup. If youre not mechanically inclined, go to an ac shop that does trucks, 3k might be cheap for the amount of hassle.

    Could be as low as 150$
     
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    JohnSmith69 Light Load Member

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    As low as $150 and as high as $3000?? That's a huge range range buddy but to back to your point I'm not very mechanically inclined so I'll have to take it to a shop tomorrow
     
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  5. uncleal13

    uncleal13 Road Train Member

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    I did mine in a 2016 Cascadia. Was only $75 for the heater core.
    Did myself in two hours.
    Remove the covers under the glove box, remove the centre doghouse cover. Undo the hoses. Cut out the cover for the heater core and pull it out. New core comes with a new cover that screws down.
     
  6. Arctic_fox

    Arctic_fox Experienced mx13 execrator

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    It all depends on how much #### they gotta take apart to get at the #### thing and how long it takes. Not to mention if its the only thing broken. If the lines are bad they need swapped out ect.
     
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  7. skallagrime

    skallagrime Road Train Member

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    Its quite the spread, no doubt, but thats the price of them having the tools and know how when you dont.

    (If its 3k id be surprised, but then again, they design cars that require you to remove your bumper in order to change a headlight these days)
     
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  8. feldsforever

    feldsforever Road Train Member

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    Bumper / headlight. 2005 stang. My buddy sold it with a bad bulb. I've never laughed so hard in my life when he told me that
     
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