heater valve - open or closed?

[Livolsi, Stephane]

Thanks Henry. God, I hope that doesn't mean my heater core is frozen
up....!!!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henry A Harper III [mailto:hah at alumni.rice.edu] 
> Sent: January 3, 2004 1:16 PM
> To: Livolsi, Stephane; Audi Quattro List
> Subject: RE: heater valve - open or closed?
> 
> 
> 
> The preventively-replaced heater valve on the bench in my 
> garage looks like 
> it's relaxed and open, allowing the free flow of coolant (if 
> it were installed 
> in a car, anyway). Presumably that's the safety power-loss 
> default of the 
> climate control - hot air to the defroster.
> 
> HTH
> Henry Harper
> http://www.henry-harper.com hah at alumni.rice.edu
> 1991 200 quattro, 120k, even some snow on the road, right 
> around freezing 
> though
> 1988 GTI 16v, 238k, but after a quick run to the store I'm 
> inside playing with 
> new HDTV box
> 
> On Saturday, January 03, 2004 2:03 PM, Livolsi, Stephane 
> [SMTP:Stephane.Livolsi at investorsgroup.com] wrote:
> > Woke up to about -30C this morning.  Car started fine (was 
> not plugged
> > in) but even after I get a reading on the temp gauge, the 
> inside air 
> > still blows cold. I checked the heater valve and it is down (looks 
> > like vacuum is not applied, so the arm is in the relaxed position)  
> > Does anyone know if this is open or closed?
> >
> > I felt the hoses and they are pliable and warm, but not as 
> warm as I 
> > would expect after idling for a while.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Stephane
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