# Heat **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [February 16, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/heat/10745 "2008-02-16T22:40:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![48ford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/91b2a8/32.png) [@48ford](https://community.cartalk.com/u/48ford)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/heat/10745/1 "2008-02-16T22:40:14Z")
2002 ford taurus,do not get any heat, new antifreeze, new thermostat, blower works but blows cold air. car was in an accident and i replaced radiator&cooling fans. please help it is cold in rochester, ny!!! ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Russell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Bill\_Russell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bill_Russell)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/heat/10745/2 "2008-02-16T22:45:02Z")
lots of things it could be. The car heat comes from a “heater core” that acts like a small radiator. (Did you hook this up when you changed the radiator?). Then there are vacuum flaps that direct the air over the heater core, and they could be malfunctioning. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/heat/10745/3 "2008-02-16T23:01:48Z")
Bill has it. If one of the hoses to the heater core, from the radiator, is crimped then it sill be cold. A defective hose will also do it. They can look OK from the outside by not from on the inside. However I would start by looking for some vacuum hose that is loose or disconnected. On most modern cars the heat (blend door) is controlled by vacuum. ---
**Author:** ![MG-McAnick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mg-mcanick/32/188_2.png) [@MG-McAnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MG-McAnick)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/heat/10745/4 "2008-02-17T04:53:00Z")
Your heater core is probably plugged. Do a search for taurus heat. One or more of my lengthy remedy posts is sure to pop up. ---
**Author:** ![MG-McAnick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mg-mcanick/32/188_2.png) [@MG-McAnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MG-McAnick)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/heat/10745/5 "2008-02-17T05:08:43Z")
Here you go. [http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/652810.page](http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/652810.page) Sorry, I should have looked it up before my earlier post.