Land Rover Monthly

FLUSHING A HEATER CORE

SERVICING is an investment in our Land Rovers to help keep them in top form. In doing that work, we all have those little extra jobs that go a little bit further, to gain additional benefit. One of the simplest is to flush the heater core whilst doing a coolant change.

A warm driving environment is something we expect in a vehicle, though it should be remembered that in the first Land Rover a heater had to be ordered as an option. Those days are long gone, thankfully, and ample cabin heat is now a prerequisite when driving.

A heater works by using a small heat exchanger or matrix mounted behind the dashboard which connects to the engine’s cooling system. At working temperature, engine

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