Richeee
Well-Known Member
Need help guys and gals.
Had to change my thermostat 3 to 4 weeks ago because of water leak between it and hose. All seemed good and with lock down and other vehicles not used much. Now With colder weather noticed that heater not seemed to be working.
So checked thermostat in right way round and connected with side issue to pump. All correct.
Bleed as per manual with expansion bottle raised and bleed screw on top hose. But no luck.
So now removed hose from engine to heater. The one at the side of the head by turbo and the pipe to the fuel cooler at the bulkhead. Made sure full of water and reconnected and rebled.
With the front of the car raised on ramps. Another drive. Still no good.
From cold afret 5 mins temp guage on 1/3 rd. Then over a spate of 30 seconds or so themostat must open and it rises to 1/2 way and sticks there. On the second squiggly line making the temperature sign.
Hawkeye live data shows coolant temp 83.4 and fuel temp of71.1.
Ran the ac fault diagnosis by holding the buttons as turned on key but no faults identified.
So. Am i missing something. Whats the trick to bleeding heater matrix or ideas to another solution / cause.
Had the truch since the summer and to be honest cant really say if it had previously worked.
I tried flushing out the matric and was surprised by the slow flow of water. But there again given the smaller tubes and ways there will be a resistance to free flowing water i suppose.
Had to change my thermostat 3 to 4 weeks ago because of water leak between it and hose. All seemed good and with lock down and other vehicles not used much. Now With colder weather noticed that heater not seemed to be working.
So checked thermostat in right way round and connected with side issue to pump. All correct.
Bleed as per manual with expansion bottle raised and bleed screw on top hose. But no luck.
So now removed hose from engine to heater. The one at the side of the head by turbo and the pipe to the fuel cooler at the bulkhead. Made sure full of water and reconnected and rebled.
With the front of the car raised on ramps. Another drive. Still no good.
From cold afret 5 mins temp guage on 1/3 rd. Then over a spate of 30 seconds or so themostat must open and it rises to 1/2 way and sticks there. On the second squiggly line making the temperature sign.
Hawkeye live data shows coolant temp 83.4 and fuel temp of71.1.
Ran the ac fault diagnosis by holding the buttons as turned on key but no faults identified.
So. Am i missing something. Whats the trick to bleeding heater matrix or ideas to another solution / cause.
Had the truch since the summer and to be honest cant really say if it had previously worked.
I tried flushing out the matric and was surprised by the slow flow of water. But there again given the smaller tubes and ways there will be a resistance to free flowing water i suppose.
