climate control issue

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lilanqel94
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climate control issue

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ok i know this topic has been discussed many times before but i think my problem is a little different. the air only comes from defrost and floor, not the main vents. by the way i have electronic climate control. now i read it could be a vacuum issue but on my other bonneville the vacuum cylinder completely came off and i could hear the vents at least trying to change settings, but only came out from main after driving a while. that doesn't happen with this one there's no air at all coming from vents. i took the hose off the cylinder and heard air whooshing out so doubt that's the problem. also, i read that air mix actuator could be the culprit but it blows cold air when on 60 and hot on 90. someone mentioned that there's a vacuum hose coming out the intake manifold that could be cracked but i don't know which hose it is, if anyone can tell me and help me with this it will be greatly appreciated.


edit: forgot to add that the climate control does not flash as it has with other people who have had this problem
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Sounds like your airmix is fine. The airmix actuator issue has nothing to do with where the air comes out. Vacuum, however, does. Do a search on "collapsed nipple" and you should find all kinds of information on that particular fault. On your HVAC Programmer (located behind the glove box) there is a vacuum manifold (connector) that can act up and pinch off the vacuum source that controls vent openings.
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ok i checked the vacuum hoses you mentioned and couldn't find any cracks or leaks and there were no damaged nipples however i took off the hose for the vacuum reservoir again and there was no vacuum or air at all in it, and with the car running i could hear air being sucked in through the hose. so does this confirm that i need a new vacuum reservoir?
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If you have vacuum going into the reservoir, but none coming out, yeah, I would think the reservoir is hosed. I don't know of a way to test it to be certain, though.
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