check your coolant ASAP. If your coolant is low, you see any signs of oil in the coolant, or signs of coolant in the oil you may be losing it to a gasket leak. Have a mechanic check your intake manifold gasket. This is huge problem with the 3.1L engines and can lead to engine failure if not fixed early.
Signs of oil in coolant would be stuff floating in the reservoir and muddy colored coolant. Signs of coolant in the oil could be lots of white vapor (water) in exhaust and light tan foamy stuff on the oil fill cap or around the hole for the cap. For no heat, there are other things you could check like your thermostat and water pump but the failed gasket will kill the engine. I only mention this because the heater in my Lumina took 10-15 minutes when it did work and not getting my gasket fixed killed the engine.
how do you change the heater hoses on 1993 chey lumina 3.8 liter
I have a 1993 Chevy lumina van that has heat but doesn't have a fan how do I fix the fan?
Remove the wiring harness from the back of your 1998 Chevy Lumina heater motor. Remove the heater motor retaining bolts. Remove the fan from the front of the heater motor. Reverse the process to install the new heater.
Drain the water from your 1993 Chevy Lumina cooling system. Remove the water supply hoses to your heater core. Remove the heater core retaining bolts. Reverse the process to install the new heater core.
Remove the water supply hoses to your 1998 Chevy Lumina heater core. Remove the heater core retaining bolts. Reverse the procedure to install the new heater core.
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slightly left to the glove box near the floor
I have a 94 Lumina van and went to autozone.com and got step by step instructions on to repair it. My husband done it with no problems
To replace the heater core in a 1998 Chevy Lumina, first, disconnect the battery and drain the coolant from the radiator. Remove the dashboard and the center console to access the heater core. Disconnect the heater hoses from the core, unbolt it from the housing, and replace it with the new unit. Reassemble everything in reverse order, refill the coolant, and check for leaks.
It is located on the firewall right behind carborator.
Take out the whole dash and then the heater core should be behind the glove box on the passenger side.
Chevy Lumina has not the carborator.