Hi there. Any ideas with the following?? Within the last week the heater in the pug is blowing colder air. Usually it takes 2 or 3 miles for a decent temp to start coming through the vents but just lately, it's like someone's turned down the heat settings. The water is within the limits of the expansion tank, and the temp gauge is sat where it always does when the engine has warmed up and no, no-one has turned the dial down ;)
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tia..... Foz
The first thing that springs to mind is an airlock. Why one should suddenly crop up is another matter especially as you indicate that you haven't lost water. Have you tried bleeding the system? I'm not familiar with 306s but on my 1.9TD Xantia and on my wife's 106 there's usually a bleed valve like the dust cap on the tyres somewhere. You may also need to make a header tank to get the water level up above that of the bleed valve.
Secondly it could be a sludged up heater matrix. How old is the car and has the water been changed at the specified intervals? If bleeding doesn't help then you may need to remove the heater hoses from the engine and run water from a hosepipe through them and then refill and bleed. I had to do this on the 106 in November. Well sludged up it was, like rusty mud.
I have also heard of the heater control flap not moving but not having had any experience of this I'll keep quiet as I don't know how your heater control works.
thanks....... I'll take a look at what you've suggested.
foz
My 1995 405 had a tiny fan in the dash, blowing interior air onto a temp sensor. It used the temp read from this sensor, to decide whether to blow hot or cold air into the cabin. These fans were known to die - and if they did, the heating system assumed the cabin was already warm (or cold) with the same symptoms you describe.
Also, note that the required temperature from the blower, was obtained with a motorised flap that chose between hot and cold air (or a mixture). Again, if it got stuck or the motor died, you'd be stuck with hot/cold/mixed air.
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