Heater wont turn off

Hi!
I have a 89 toyota 2.4L EFI and the heater wont turn off. It is always
blowing hot air (the fan control does work), whehter you turn it to
cold or hot. Any ideas???

<collector1974@msn.com> wrote in message
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| Hi!
| I have a 89 toyota 2.4L EFI and the heater wont turn off. It is
always
| blowing hot air (the fan control does work), whehter you turn it to
| cold or hot. Any ideas???
|

If it is the same set up as my '87 there is a valve high on the firewall
about in the middle. It has a heater hose in and out. It has a lever
controlled by a music wire cable from your heater quadrant on the dash.
The valve may be frozen, the cable frozen in its sheath, or the cable
may be broken.

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Jarhead

Thanks for the info!! Will try it today!

<collector1974@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Hi!
> I have a 89 toyota 2.4L EFI and the heater wont turn off. It is always
> blowing hot air (the fan control does work), whehter you turn it to
> cold or hot. Any ideas???
>[/color]

There is a valve in the engine compartment close to the firewall. You can
manually turn it to either turn the heat on or off. Have someone move the
slide in the cabin and see if the valve is moving. If you are lucky the
wire just came off the valve, less luck: wire came off the slide, bad luck:
wire broken.

In my '90 forerunner I can turn the heat off in the cabin by moving the
slide but cannot turn it on again unless I do it manually at the valve.

Great!! Thank you so much!

the cable just popped loose. I snapped it back into place and it works
fine now. Thank you very much.

<collector1974@msn.com> wrote in message
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| the cable just popped loose. I snapped it back into place and it
works
| fine now. Thank you very much.
|

You're welcome, glad to help.

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Jarhead