1990 80Q no heat

[jason nyby]

Yep, a clogged core was the problem.  I forced water through the inlet and
outlet and watched as several black chunks came flushing out.  I now have
great heat.  Thanks for the info, I appreciate it.

Jason
> Message: 16
> From: <James at ringsperformance.com>
> To: "Livolsi, Stephane" <Stephane.Livolsi at investorsgroup.com>,
> "Audi Quattro List" <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: 1990 80q -- no heat
> Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:31:26 -0600
>
> I once had a $300 bomber Mercury with this problem. By forcing city water
> through the in, then the out, then the in, then the out . . . I was able
to
> get some flow through the core after 15 minutes or so. Then after running
a
> few radiator flushes, the heater worked pretty well, with all this work
done
> from "the outside." YMMV, and I hope the plastic core doesn't pop.
>
> It seems that POs had never added any coolant, so the (soldered brass?)
core
> was just clogged with iron crap. The in/out/in waste water was bright
> orange.
>
> cu, James Marriott
> '87 4kq (alias "late-B2 90q") with rare ersatz NG engine, 184k, being
> restored from rear-end total loss
> '89 200q (MC1, ProconTen/no bag, 1.8 blah blah), 142k, already been
> un-totaled
> Boise, ID, USA     http://www.webpak.net/~marriott/
> www.ringsperformance.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Livolsi, Stephane" <Stephane.Livolsi at investorsgroup.com>
> To: "Audi Quattro List" <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 11:19 AM
> Subject: FW: 1990 80q -- no heat
>
>
> > I'm in the same boat.  I suspect I have a clogged heater core.  Having
> just
> > taken the heater assembly out of the parts 84 5kt, I am not looking
> forward
> > to doing the 86 5ktq.  But it is getting cold out.....
> >
> > Stephane
> >