strange heater

Jun 04, 2005 2 Replies

Although it's not really a problem yet as the weather is fairly warm i want ot get it sorted rather than leave it till later on when it's freezing.



My heater blower seems to be having a few problems, i have a small leak in one of the hoses so it has to be topped up with coolant now and again, i had a long drive last week and forgot to top it up, i only remebered about 50 miles into the trip and when i checked the coolant there was not a lot in it. I topped it up at the roadside but ever since my heater in car has been taking ages to get warm and when it does finally warm up the heat tends to fluctuate between hot and cold.



Could it just be an air lock in the cooling system or is it likely to be somehting else. More importantly is it easy/chaep to fix.



Kris



Sounds like air in the system. Until you sort the leaking hose out no point in going any further.

If you are lucky once the hose is done it may rectify itself but more likely you will need to bleed the heater. The Haynes manual for your car will explain this. I had a Peugeot 205 which always needed the heater bleeding after a hose or antifreeze change.

Ian Coventry UK

Thought as much, i had hoped to do it this week but due to crap weather and some rusting wheel arches that took longer to fix than i expected it may have to wait a week or two.

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