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Getting at the heater matrix ?
weeone:
--- Quote from: BigA on November 03, 2009, 11:55:59 ---Damn... :'( what i expected i guess. Well looks like a fun weekend ahead, i suppose i could clean it whilst its in bits (dash) :-k as whats removed i know is going to need a good clean.
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I have to confess that, once I'd got a million bits spread around the workshop floor, I though I'd bitten off more than I could chew.... but actually it's not too bad
It just takes time.
BigA:
--- Quote from: Yoshi on November 04, 2009, 11:44:43 ---Think for those comments Andy you should get Keith helping! lol
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errr..... i will think about that one, i could let him do all the really fiddly bits, i know he likes that :^o
Well i have found that you can just see the heater matrix from the drivers footwell, and it is getting hot. So i guess that the heater box thingy itself is full of mud, much the same as the heater fan unit was, and that is why i am only getting cold air out. So i guess i will have to have a go, should be interesting :-k
weeone:
Before you go any further.....
..... check the belden cables that control the flaps & valves.
Open the panel that gets access to the fuses, and the wiring loom. you need to move the wiring-looms away from the left-hand side, and squint in, and slightly up. There are various metal plates and levers on the side of the heater matrix cabinet... and two cables controlling them.
The one that's easy to see (the one that is about 8" in from the facia) is the temperature control for the drivers side: does twiddling the temperature nob move this lever?
The other one is much closer to the inside of the facia, and is awkward to reach with big hands... this is the direction controller.
If the engine is warm - check the temperature of the core... and the pipes. If they're cold, then there's no water getting through: the matrix heats, irrespective of what the temperature & direction switches are set to.
craig_midz:
when i done my heater matrix me an my mate had done it in a couple of hours we left steerin wheel on but remember if yours has air con remember to remove pipes from the back an the cheat is where u cut the heater pipes an use snap lock plumbin connections to put it back together but i didnt wanna do it that way but isnt a hard job at all
BigA:
--- Quote from: weeone on November 05, 2009, 09:04:00 ---Before you go any further.....
..... check the belden cables that control the flaps & valves.
Open the panel that gets access to the fuses, and the wiring loom. you need to move the wiring-looms away from the left-hand side, and squint in, and slightly up. There are various metal plates and levers on the side of the heater matrix cabinet... and two cables controlling them.
The one that's easy to see (the one that is about 8" in from the facia) is the temperature control for the drivers side: does twiddling the temperature nob move this lever?
The other one is much closer to the inside of the facia, and is awkward to reach with big hands... this is the direction controller.
If the engine is warm - check the temperature of the core... and the pipes. If they're cold, then there's no water getting through: the matrix heats, irrespective of what the temperature & direction switches are set to.
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Defiinately getting hot water to matrix, all water sysmtem recently checked, and the matrix is getting hot.
i will take you advice on checking the flap controls, as i think that this is where the issue is now, i think the flaps may be stuck/blocked. i recently had the fan unit out, and the flaps on top of that for changing from external to internal air source were completely jammed with hard mud.
cheers, i will update after a look.
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