My vents don't blow any air. My defrosters do. 2003 Wrangler. - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

TheMightyGoat · 08-29-2007, 10:46 PM

Neither the center or side vents blow any air. The dash and side defrosters both do, however. I'm not sure where I should start looking to resolve this. I suspect it might be a vacuum leak...?

It's a 2003 Wrangler, 4.0 engine. Does this sound like a vacuum line problem? If so, does anyone have a diagram of the lines I should be looking for? Anything else I should check?

Thanks.

Knuckelhead · 08-30-2007, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMightyGoat

Does this sound like a vacuum line problem? If so, does anyone have a diagram of the lines I should be looking for?

Yes.
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lockedupLJ · 08-30-2007, 04:22 AM

The Vacuum line for the vent has come off and all you need to do is push it back it on. Did you recently put a body lift on????? They are usually the cause for it.

actionpaintball · 08-30-2007, 07:12 AM

Blowing out the defrost vents is the default position for loss of vacuum.

1. Check the vacuum supply to the control head (console knobs) You should have one hole/line sucking air when turned on, your swicth then just selects which swicth gets the vacuum to open and close. If you do not have a good vacuum source then go to step #2. If you do have a good vacuum source-you have a bad switch or lines between the switch and dash, or the dash vauum switch is bad.

2. Check under the hood for the vacuum source to be broken somewhere, usually a tap off the manifold and/or vacuum canister. (you should be able to hear the leak)

TheMightyGoat · 08-30-2007, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lockedupLJ

The Vacuum line for the vent has come off and all you need to do is push it back it on. Did you recently put a body lift on????? They are usually the cause for it.

I just bought the Wrangler and it's stock height, though the guy who owned it before me was an idiot (I can see he had tape over the interior lights when the doors were off instead of pulling the fuse...) so it's probably been screwed up for a long time.

TheMightyGoat · 08-30-2007, 07:01 PM

I looked under the hood and it appears that the main tube going into the center of the dash is just hanging there. I screwed around with it for a couple minutes but it didn't seem to want to go back in... it was raining so I figured it could wait until tomorrow. I expect that's the problem though.

08-29-2007, 10:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
TheMightyGoat Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Member # 97486 Posts: 37	My vents don't blow any air. My defrosters do. 2003 Wrangler. Neither the center or side vents blow any air. The dash and side defrosters both do, however. I'm not sure where I should start looking to resolve this. I suspect it might be a vacuum leak...? It's a 2003 Wrangler, 4.0 engine. Does this sound like a vacuum line problem? If so, does anyone have a diagram of the lines I should be looking for? Anything else I should check? Thanks.

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lockedupLJ Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Member # 81654 Location: Hot Springs, AR Posts: 756	The Vacuum line for the vent has come off and all you need to do is push it back it on. Did you recently put a body lift on????? They are usually the cause for it. __________________ Team Obscene (Office held: Winch Bitch/Beer Can Extractor!!!!) WE SUPPORT TRAIL HEAD (1st Annual Alpha Gorilla run 40 and under champion)

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08-30-2007, 07:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
actionpaintball Dabbler Join Date: Apr 2004 Member # 29562 Location: Hayes Va 23072 Posts: 1,186	Blowing out the defrost vents is the default position for loss of vacuum. 1. Check the vacuum supply to the control head (console knobs) You should have one hole/line sucking air when turned on, your swicth then just selects which swicth gets the vacuum to open and close. If you do not have a good vacuum source then go to step #2. If you do have a good vacuum source-you have a bad switch or lines between the switch and dash, or the dash vauum switch is bad. 2. Check under the hood for the vacuum source to be broken somewhere, usually a tap off the manifold and/or vacuum canister. (you should be able to hear the leak)

08-30-2007, 07:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
TheMightyGoat Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Member # 97486 Posts: 37	I looked under the hood and it appears that the main tube going into the center of the dash is just hanging there. I screwed around with it for a couple minutes but it didn't seem to want to go back in... it was raining so I figured it could wait until tomorrow. I expect that's the problem though.