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Post by gar1380 on Nov 10, 2009 18:55:22 GMT 1
right then for some reason my car is refusing to play ball again  i have just fitted a new ( second Hand ) heater assembly and for some reason i cant get any heat through it  i have boiling hot pipes up to the hot and cold valve then just luke warm the other side, which dont make sense as its just a hole going through from one side to the other i have tried switching the pipes(on the heater side) and its still the same (is there an in and out with the matrix pipes ) could there be an air lock in the matrix this one has got me , and my brain has gone numb now thinking cheers gar |
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Post by Phil J on Nov 10, 2009 19:38:42 GMT 1
sounds like an air lock  only way I know is to have the engine running with the rad cap off, and with the heaters switched on keep squeezing the pipes untill it is blowing hot air. |
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Post by taffy1967 on Nov 10, 2009 21:36:02 GMT 1
Or you need a new thermostat. But I doubt you've get heat up to the heater tap if you did have a dodgy thermostat? |
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Post by gar1380 on Nov 10, 2009 22:08:51 GMT 1
alll new, thermostat, rad, waterpump etc
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Post by coopdog on Dec 23, 2009 14:59:20 GMT 1
got the same problem  |
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Post by gar1380 on Dec 23, 2009 15:26:17 GMT 1
managed to sort this , dont know how realy but all i done in the end was to take off the inward hose off the heater to make sure i had water coming out, reconected it then took off the outward hose to check if the water was flowing through freely ( if not matrix is blocked ) reconected it , pumped the hoses under the bonnet a few times feeling if they were getting warm ( rad cap off ) to check for air and also top the water up if needeed and there we have it warm heater
simple !!! :-)
after a week of trying lol
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Post by taffy1967 on Dec 23, 2009 23:04:56 GMT 1
managed to sort this , dont know how realy but all i done in the end was to take off the inward hose off the heater to make sure i had water coming out, reconected it then took off the outward hose to check if the water was flowing through freely ( if not matrix is blocked ) reconected it , pumped the hoses under the bonnet a few times feeling if they were getting warm ( rad cap off ) to check for air and also top the water up if needeed and there we have it warm heater simple !!! :-) after a week of trying lol Rad cap off probably helped release an air lock. So that's another trick to try coopdog. Remove your radiator cap, start the car up and let it idle until the coolant starts to bubble up a bit and then replace the cap. |
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