Oh, and don't drive the car anymore if it's losing that much coolant. You might have already done terminal damage letting it get to 250F once.

 

I have a replacement heater core, and I would like to try to replace it myself. Based on the repair guide on Auto Zone's website, it doesn't seem to be too difficult, but quite time consuming. The guide only has a few pictures and I am not familiar with the names of the parts listed. I have plenty of free time on my days off to work on the car, but I would like to familiarize myself with the parts of the car

 

 

One good way is to go to any GM online parts site and search for the parts. Usually there are pretty good exploded views.

 

Alright, I may have just admitted defeat...I'm not car literate enough to do this on my own. I'm throwing in the towel and a wad of cash to get a good shop to fix this. Ugh...

 

I would make a wild guess at 4 hours labor.

 

I just called one shop. They quoted me 10 hours of labor, $1200-1300

 

I just checked Mitchell; without me getting deeper than one click; R&R heater core is 7.6 hours (system recharge not included), I don't know if they would have to evac the A/C lines.

 

Well I'm pretty screwed, either way. This shop told me they would have to evac the ac lines. I have no idea how all this works, I just want this stupid heater core fixed.

 

Then 10 hours sound reasonable. Start shopping hourly rates.