[Bulk] Re: [V6-12v] no heat at idle .

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Hmm, it's not that drastic (stopping at the light).  I did have to 
replace my thermostat last year as it broke into 2 separate pices.  
However when that happened I was getting engine codes and engine warning 
light after about 5 to 10 min of driving,  that the engine was not 
warming up on time.

Did you try to bleed the coolant pipes that go through the firewall into 
the cabin ?  When I replaced my thermostat I had to drain the coolant 
afterwards I had to bring the engine up to temp and try to bleed the 
system, I did that 2 or 3 times before the heater started working, even 
though my coolant temp gage showed 90c.

hope this helps

Clive Young wrote:

>Thanks that is really good info .
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>If you stop the car and let it idle again does the heat drop off again. ?
>Mine is fine while I am driving but if I stop at a light , by the time it
>goes green again the air is luke warm at best , sometimes down right cool !
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>Subject: [Bulk] Re: [V6-12v] no heat at idle .
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>>Clive, this engine is hard to get hot in sub 0 c temp's.
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>>My 1993 90CSQ, after sitting in the garage (-5c) for 15 min starts
>>blowing semi warm air (no temp probe to test it), if I drive it it
>>becomes warmer faster, but to get it really hot you have to drive it
>>really hard.  ex: empty parking lot after fresh powder = lot's of
>>Quattro fun :-))
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>>Clive Young wrote:
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>>>Well Finally I must say I feel totally defeated. I have tried everything
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>I can think of and it just won't produce decent heat at idle. I just have
>one or two last few questions before I put the nail in the coffin.
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>>>Is there anyone right now that has there car pumping out decent heat at
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>idle with an ambiet outside of zero to minus 10 celcius , if anyone can
>stick a thermal probe in the heater vent I would aprreciate it. At least
>that would tell me if is suppose to work.
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>>>The P.O. told me he took the car to AUDI for the same reason , they put
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>a thermostat in it , flushed the system, charged him a whack of money but
>still didn't fix it. so what chance do I have .. those guys do this for a
>living !
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>>>Oh well , I have just had enough......
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