Bleeding Coolent

[neo32]

had a coolent issue last week

come to my attenetion that my heater no longer works

i am guessing u are ment to blead it with the heater on so water goes into the heater core?

thanks in advance any one can confirm this and i go bleed it again

[gfunkk]

yeah mate

when you first do the coolant put the heat+fan on full

and open the coolant bleed thing on the plenum

but your heater should still work even if it wasnt bled properly..?

[neo32]

yeah worked but not good

thanks for reply

[mad082]

could be an issue with the heater core or the tap.

also remember that the heater won't put out hot air unless the car is fully up to temp, and if you put the heater on before the car is up to temp the car will take longer to come up to temp.

[gfunkk]

yeah.. normally the issue is "heater tap leaking, fan always blows hot air"

they can be blocked but doesnt happen often.. give the hoses a squeese and see if they feel clogged or anything

[Galois]

yeah.. normally the issue is "heater tap leaking, fan always blows hot air"

they can be blocked but doesnt happen often.. give the hoses a squeese and see if they feel clogged or anything

ooh, i have that. whenever the climate control is above the minimum temp (18oC) it blasts out hot air. is that easy to fix? (did a quick search in general maintenance but couldn't find much useful)

[gfunkk]

ooh, i have that. whenever the climate control is above the minimum temp (18oC) it blasts out hot air. is that easy to fix? (did a quick search in general maintenance but couldn't find much useful)

haha good find then hey?

off the top of my head there can be an issue with the r32 ambient air sensor (located under CD player) that makes it think the car is freezing cold

so maybe search that?

otherwise you might have to replace your heater.. :S i would just cut the heater lines and join them together

[neo32]

no i seem to have only varing levels of cold air

[neo32]

turned it on today and got warm air so i guess thats progress the car doesnt normaly run very hot unless ime giving it a hard time

[mad082]

when you say that the car doesn't normally run very hot unless giving it a hard time, do you mean that the temp gauge shows it sitting lower than half way for normal driving? if yes then your thermostat is stuffed and needs replacing. the temp gauge should sit at about half way during normal driving, and should only take a few mins of driving to get there from a cold start.