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

[Clive Young]

Marc

 I am unsue of what you mean by heating coils , but if you are talking about
the heater core it is in an enclosed box that you have to take the centre
console off and dashboard out to get to , not to mention discharging  the AC
system to boot !

An intersting not however. If I am idling and the car runs up to about 95C
with heating on full blast blows cold- luke warm. On the highway with the
engine cooler at about 80C ( last night it was cold out , about -10C ) The
heat is just belting out ! so it tells me I have a problem with rate of
delivery of coolant to the core, or I am injesting cold air ( the blend
door ) and it is being compensated for at speed. Bot sysytms look great
though and the belend door I can hear snapping oopen and closed...

very strange ...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The CyberPoet" <thecyberpoet at cyberpoet.net>
To: "Clive Young" <cyoung1661 at rogers.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 2:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: [V6-12v] no heat at idle .


> Did you try cleaning the heating coils yet?
>
> Cheers
> =-= Marc
>
> On Saturday, February 12, 2005, at 11:42  PM, Clive Young wrote:
>
> > last act of a desperate man ....
> >
> > I have only bled it about ... oh i'd say 25 times.... I even broke the
> > plastic bleed screw...... i was actually amazes I bled it so many
> > times without it breaking.... I would always let it warm up intil
> > fluid came out then sealed it off. I even tried pressurizing the
> > reservoir to force any air up to the bleed screw,that didn't help
> > either ... as I would think I got some air out, but it would be the
> > same result, besides, i think by pressurizing the reservoir I think I
> > am injecting air into the sytem via the overflow hose into the top of
> > the rad.
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: sub
> >   To: Clive Young
> >   Cc: Audi list
> >   Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 10:26 AM
> >   Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: [V6-12v] no heat at idle .
> >
> >
> >   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 .
> >
> > 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 !
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "sub" <subscriptions at globalape.com>
> > To: "Clive Young" <cyoung1661 at rogers.com>
> > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 11:19 PM
> > Subject: [Bulk] Re: [V6-12v] no heat at idle .
> >
> >
> >   Clive, this engine is hard to get hot in sub 0 c temp's.
> >
> > 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 :-))
> >
> > Clive Young wrote:
> >
> >     Well Finally I must say I feel totally defeated. I have tried
> > everything
> >       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.
> >   Is there anyone right now that has there car pumping out decent heat
> > at
> >       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.
> >   The P.O. told me he took the car to AUDI for the same reason , they
> > put
> >       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 !
> >   Oh well , I have just had enough......
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