[s-cars] wacko heater

[Eric Billing]

Recent warming of weather here in MN has brought to light that I too have
the dreaded "wacko heater" malady.

My newly acquired urS4's symptoms are identical to those described by Clyde
below. In addition, I also ran the HVAC diagnostics and got the "8.5
Temperature Regulator Flap" message.

My question is... have the folks who have encountered this resorted to
replacement? Have any of you done a remove, check, clean and replace
approach? From the text below, it looks like this may not be all that
difficult a repair job.

Then again, perhaps I'm just feeling quite proud that I've recently changed
out the winter tires to summer.

What do you recommend?

Eric

93 urS4 76K miles -- lots of heat!
93 100csq wagon 105K miles -- well behaved CC


--- In s-car-list at y..., "Clyde Neville" <uccgroup at h...> wrote:
> I assume this is my problem as well because I can put the heat down to 65
> and it still blows strong.  Only when I go down to LO will it blow cool
air.
> It doesn't seem to know how to balance the temps.
>
> Also, has anyone run into this situation when the A/C just comes on then
you
> have the climate control set to auto???
>
> \Clyde - 95 S6
>
>
> >From: "Simoes, Dan" <dsimoes at p...>
> >To: 'Bob Davis' <bobd at l...>, s-car-list at y...
> >Subject: RE: [s-cars] wacko heater
> >Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 11:25:30 -0500
> >
> >This motor is replaced under the hood, not behind the dash, as is the
case
> >with the other 2 motors.
> >It looks like my motor is going as well, so everyone else should plan on
> >this repair as well.
> >
> >I'm told it's about $80 and 1-1.5hrs labor.  Still easier than the 2
inside
> >the car, which requires dash removal...
> >