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hi all,
I noticed a couple of days ago that my heater only gets luke warm, even on 'HI' setting.
Temp is rising as usual (about 5/10 mins till up) and sitting pretty, bang on 90 and not moving.
My usual guy I use reckons it could be thermostat related, and he's taking a look Thursday,
just wondered if any of you guys had any ideas.
cheers
Mark.
PS - what is 'ECON' on heater controls, what does it mean/do?
ECON doesn't use the air con side of the cooling/heating system.
regarding the Luke warm air from the heater, does it matter where you have the airflow directed?
im just wondering if one of the direction/ mixing flaps is not operating.
Is the feed and return pipes through the bulkhead hot. These feed the heater matrix. Regards Peter
hi Mowerman,
thanks for the reply....
as for the flaps, I get a good blast from whichever direction I choose (screen, face or floor)
and whichever is selected, no airflow from others...... and same luke warm temp,
so I reckon flaps are working just fine.
its booked in to have matrix cleaned/changed....
hi pete,
thanks for reply,
I think so, i'm sure the guy who I take it to said so......engine temp right at 90 degrees, but they changed thermostat anyway, but found a lot of muck around it..:(
it's booked in to have matrix cleaned/changed, they said it's 100% the problem.
Where has the muck come from. I have a 1998 A6 and it has had two coolant changes of G12+ and the coolant is clean. Changing the matrix will empty your wallet. A good back flush through the matrix would be the first port of call. Regards Peter