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

Sun Feb 13 18:32:32 EST 2005

Hey, just reading your posts. Do you realize there are two bleed screws. 
One on the heater core hose by the firewall, the other deeper in the 
engine (the main one). If you have not bled this one, I can find a pic 
for location. Let me know.

NW

Clive Young wrote:

>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 .
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>>Did you try cleaning the heating coils yet?
>>
>>Cheers
>>=-= Marc
>>
>>On Saturday, February 12, 2005, at 11:42  PM, Clive Young wrote:
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>>>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 .
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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 .
>>>
>>>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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