# No heat in cold weather - Jackie in Maine

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/no-heat-in-cold-weather-jackie-in-maine/43062>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** sw, saturn\
**Created:** [January 23, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/no-heat-in-cold-weather-jackie-in-maine/43062 "2010-01-23T15:16:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Russell\_Henderson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7bcc69/32.png) [@Russell\_Henderson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Russell_Henderson)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/no-heat-in-cold-weather-jackie-in-maine/43062/1 "2010-01-23T15:16:46Z")

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Jackie in Maine called the show and discussed lack of heat in her Taurus. She said she had the heater core “flushed.” I had a similar experience with my 96 Saturn wagon; a mechanic used an air compressor to force air through the heater core; he told me that “a big wad of snot” came out, and ever since I have plenty of heat!

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**Author:** ![mjrychel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mjrychel](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mjrychel)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/no-heat-in-cold-weather-jackie-in-maine/43062/2 "2010-02-15T01:34:54Z")

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i used plain radiator flush from local auto parts store. follow simple directions, and the small amount of stuff that was in the heater core that came out in a bucket amazed me that it was actually the problem. excellent heat now.