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bleeding frustration....heater controls
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:49 pm
by wonkanoby
spent 45 minutes refilling and bleeding her
just got to point were temp gauge was at 1.pm and she runs out of diesel
but at that point front heater was still blowing cold
rear would cook you
looking under neath at the round thing
you can see the bits moving as you cycle through the settings
but when you mess with temp on it you see nothing
or am i looking in the wrong place
Re: bleeding frustration....heater controls
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:31 pm
by wonkanoby
ok the temp control appears to be on passenger side
it moves but the rod seems an odd shape so i wonder if its not moving far enough
my main question now is what needs removing so i can get to touch the heater rad
to see if its getting hot or not
and if its not is there a faq on removing it
Re: bleeding frustration....heater controls
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:37 pm
by missfixit70
Re: bleeding frustration....heater controls
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:40 pm
by widdowson2008
For comparrison, heres a pic of my temp control (passenger side) and this works fine. Is yours something similar?

Re: bleeding frustration....heater controls
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:56 am
by wonkanoby
yes and with arm level like thats supposed to be max heat
the rads hot i removed the 2 screw and teased panel below and can touch it
so im lost must be the gubbins this arm moves
but i cannot see how to get a look at it
without stripping the car down
Re: bleeding frustration....heater controls
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:50 pm
by missfixit70
Did the links on the FAQ not help at all? are you sure the heater matrix is getting hot? could be blocked or just airlocked? what method are using to bleed?
Re: bleeding frustration....heater controls
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 4:06 pm
by wonkanoby
hot enough to burn my finger tips if left to long
same method of rev and idle and keeping topped up ive allways used as the faq basically
seems by feel its a plastic one is that right