your switch is activated by vacume. check all your vacume hoses around your engine to see if they are cracked or disconnected. start with the little black ball under the air filter box, and follow the vacume hoses from there.
the heat blows out the defrost when it should blow out floor vents only
Because the air selector died.
It sounds like your vacuum controls are stuck on the defroster I had that happen and I sprayed a lubricant into the vacuum lines and it cleared up
vacuum leak the vacuum reservoir is below the left head light, check the hoses
If the heat selector will not switch from defrost to the dash or foot vents on a 1992 Buick, it is possible that the cable connected to the vent is broken. When the selector is moved from defrost, a cable opens the other selected vents on the heater.
Most likely a bad or disconnected vacuum hose to the defrost/floor selector in the heater ducting.
I don't know why the vent would not open for the defrost, but it may be related to the fact that your heater core is blown. If your getting nothing but cold air out of the vents when the heat is on, your core is finished and if the core is finished then it is likely related to your vent not opening/switching. Something''s wrong with your heating either way.
you need a head casket
Likely, your blower (fan) is out.
The moveable "baffle" inside the dashboard is not redirecting the air flow as it should. It's operated either by vacuum or an electric motor, in either case, repair is going to require the removal of the dashboard.
RE: 96 OLDSMOBILE 98 REGENCY ELITE, V-8, 3.8 WHAT PART NEEDS TO BE REPLACED SO THE A/C AND HEAT VENTILATION WILL BLOW OUT OF THE FRONT VENTS AND NOT ONLY THE DEFROST?
I had a Chevy van of this vintage and I found a vacum hose leak in the controls that would make the heater/defrost door default too defrost open. lisining carefully under dash or under hood may pinpoint leak. I had a Chevy van of this vintage and I found a vacum hose leak in the controls that would make the heater/defrost door default too defrost open. lisining carefully under dash or under hood may pinpoint leak.