[s-cars] phun with HphAC serphos

[Mike Fitton]

Tom Green wrote:
> I'm just awed by someone anal enough to pull the carpet out for a 
> cleaning.
Man, was it gross.  Ecru doesn't exactly hide dirt.  It really only took 
about two hours, including reinstallation of the front seats so I could 
still drive it.  Anyway, it's the first of many steps in a much more 
severe straightening out of the interior.
> why not just pull the heater box and change the
> heater core and blower motor for PM.  They are going to give trouble 
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> time anyway. 
Ugh...don't remind me.  The motor started squeaking a little one night 
in the last couple months when it got super cold.
> If you can drive a few miles
> on  the rumble strips at the edge of the pavement, the flap motors 
> will move to
> the correct position corresponding to the c/c head setting.  HTH
lol
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> Tom  '95 S6,  in Knoxville, TN
> '95.5 S6 avant
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> On 20 Feb 2008, Mike Fitton, <rfitton at vt.edu> wrote:
>> A couple weeks ago I pulled my carpet out for some cleaning.  While it's
>> being denastified I decided to do a nice long list of while-I'm-at-its.
>> Item number 9 or so is to figure out just what's wrong with these
>> flapper motors.  I'm trying to distill a lot of conflicting information.
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>> Exhibit A: VAG-COM shows faults in V68, V70, and V71.  I don't remember
>> the exact wording, but it sounded scary.
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>> Exhibit B: Some bloke in the UK is saying that the central flap actuator
>> can fail and cause the other two to throw codes.  This is also cited in
>> an AW post about four years ago.  He says the "central flap motor" is
>> V70, p/n 4A0 820 511.  bib: 
>> http://www.eveshamsquash.co.uk/audi/climate.html
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>> Exhibit C: ETKA disagrees with nomenclature.  It shows 4A0 820 511,
>> remarked V70, as actuator motor for fresh air flap.  It also shows this
>> part with the main blower fan that sits on top of the firewall under the
>> hood, though the part in question appears to sit on the little tray guy
>> that sits under the dash.  It's illustration 820-10.
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>> I'm starting to get cross-eyed trying to reconcile all this information,
>> so I need a reality check.  The part I need to replace/refurbish is
>> indeed under the dash behind the radio with the blue harness, right?
>> Also, some have said that this tray thingy with the two motor thingies
>> in it can come out without removing the entire dash.  That sounds rosy
>> and all until I get in there and try to actually do it.  Console's
>> already out, and glovebox can come out easily if need be, but the two
>> large right-angle air duct duders, while not at all tight, are still
>> being very stubborn about coming out.  And even if they did, it's still
>> looking pretty impossible to get the tray out.  Any suggestions on that
>> part as well?
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>> -Cheers!
>> Mike
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