How to Remove the Heater Core in a 1995 Saab

The heater core in your 1995 Saab vehicle is the little radiator-like device that warms up the air before blowing it out into the passenger compartment. If the heater core begins to malfunction, white smoke may come out of your AC vents or coolant may leak out onto the floor of your vehicle. In this situation, the best thing to do is remove the heater core to repair or replace it.

Things You'll Need

• Gloves
• Socket wrench
• Slotted screwdriver
• Torx screwdriver

Instructions

1. Turn the Saab's engine off and open the hood. Put on the gloves and use a socket wrench to remove the negative battery terminal.

2. Remove the screws on the firewall cover at the rear of the engine compartment with a Torx screwdriver.

3. Pull off the windshield washer tubes and the rubber seal off the rear of the engine compartment.

4. Remove the blower motor from the rear firewall by removing its three screws with a Torx screwdriver.

5. Disconnect the AC hoses from the radiator.

6. Disengage the electrical cable from the shaft in the top left corner of the firewall by pulling off a metal retaining clip with a slotted screwdriver.

7. Remove the three Torx screws securing the heater core on the Saab vehicle. The heater core will be behind where the blower motor was. Pull it out of the vehicle.

References

• "Saab Repair Manual 1993-1998"; Haynes; 1999