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heating problem
« on: 04 November 2008, 19:05:06 »
my mate has a t reg estate that i sold him,after i had done an engine change from 2.5 to 3.0 as the big ends were gone in the 2.5 when i got it,i had the car away to bristol on fri night an it was not very warm in the car,would it be the hbv as the temp never got high,sat around the 90 mark,but all seemed ok with water pipes apart from one of the pipes from the valve,seemed to be warm instead of really hot.
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Re: heating problem
« Reply #1 on: 04 November 2008, 20:11:51 »
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my mate has a t reg estate that i sold him,after i had done an engine change from 2.5 to 3.0 as the big ends were gone in the 2.5 when i got it,i had the car away to bristol on fri night an it was not very warm in the car,would it be the hbv as the temp never got high,sat around the 90 mark,but all seemed ok with water pipes apart from one of the pipes from the valve,seemed to be warm instead of really hot.


Bypass valve vac feed or the bypass valve connected wrongly....

Or the heater matrix needs a flush
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Re: heating problem
« Reply #2 on: 04 November 2008, 20:15:15 »
where should the vac feed be connected to?
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Re: heating problem
« Reply #3 on: 04 November 2008, 20:19:42 »
Connects to here:



Its the right hand pipe
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Re: heating problem
« Reply #4 on: 04 November 2008, 20:24:44 »
thats the one crossing the heater pipe then,i think thats where its connected to as when i did the engine change i had my own mig next to it to check pipes in the right place
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Re: heating problem
« Reply #5 on: 04 November 2008, 20:27:57 »
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thats the one crossing the heater pipe then,i think thats where its connected to as when i did the engine change i had my own mig next to it to check pipes in the right place


Its also possible to connect the water pipes to the bypass up wrong to.....
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