[Vwdiesel] Poor heater output

[David Cook]

James-

Really, the disassembly isn't that hard, I know you
can handle that.  It is, however, time consuming.  (I
know, I'm in the middle of it with my Corrado, well
I'm ready to reassemble.)

Check out this link:
<http://www.corrado-club.ca/mods/heatercore.html>

It is a Corrado, but the Passat should be very very
similar.

Once you get the heater box part out of the car, you
just have to pop the little clips off and the tabs
that hold the top and bottom halves together to put
new foam on the air control flaps.

I'd bet money that is the root of your heating
problems and everything else is a band-aid at best. 
(and not that great of a band-aid).

I'd also consider buying a new heater core for the
car, since you would be pulling it out anyway to do
this.

David

--- James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net> wrote:

> That's exactly what it does when -20 and the heater
> starts to thaw the snow
> from your boots.  The visibility disappears when the
> air gets damp.  Recirc
> works well on AC when you are removing moisture from
> the air, but you really
> just need the dry air from outside in winter here. 
> You may have hearrd, it
> is a dry cold.... lol...
> My 97 golf TD will toast marshmallows. The 99 Jetta
> TDI seems to follow in
> the same vein, but i haven't had it in winter cold
> cold yet. I really didn't
> want to disassemble the car to find the blend door,
> but that's what it's
> going to take I guess, as I'm selling the golf, and
> my girls will revolt if
> the Passat doesn't heat better.
> -James
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com
> [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]On
> Behalf Of LBaird119 at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 1:50 PM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Poor heater output
> 
> 
> In a message dated 11/10/2005 9:39:08 AM Pacific
> Standard Time,
> scameron at compmore.net writes:
> 
> > On the A/C A2's, there is a "recirc" flap on the
> air induction behind and
> > below the glove compartment that permits
> recirculation of cabin air in
> texas
> > panic type of hot weather. Means could be applied
> to operate it in winter,
> > to recirc most or all the inside air, instead of
> trying to heat -40 air to
> > survival temps.
> 
>   James' Passat should have a recirc button right
> next to the A/C button.
> Dad's 97 does.  Makes a difference in really hot or
> really cold weather!
> A LOT of people run around in roughly freezing temps
> though with such a
> button/switch engaged and are all fogged up all the
> time.  ;-D  You just
> want to roll down the window and tell them to flip
> the ricirculate back to
> fresh!
>      Loren
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David Cook
Red '86 Cabriolet Diesel Powered
Red '90 g60 Corrado 
Brown and White '78 Westy Campmobile "Bear"
and others in various states of disrepair
Pictures here: community.webshots.com/user/superdave5599


	
		
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