Mike, surely on non air-con equipped cars the heater valve is cable operated and inside the firewall. Not nit picking, just have a 945 with ordinary heating and cable operated valve.
Cheers, Peter.
: > 940 turbo estate, 95, UK, manual, non-air con : >
: > Recently my heater seems to be playing up. It was always a bit crap with it : > still not hot when the temp guage is right at the middle, but now its : > blatantly cold with the engine warm, moving the heater control up and down : > seems to allow it to warm up. : >
: > The cooling system was drained when I replaced the heater control valve : > during the summer and didn't seem silty, as usual I added anti-freeze. : > There is plenty of water. : >
: > Is it common for these heaters to not flow very well or get air locks, or is : > just a one off blockage somewhere? : >
: > -- : > Tony Stanley ++Always Learning++ : : Make sure that coolant is actually flowing through your new heater : valve. When you have no heat, see if the heater hoses inside the car : are hot to the touch. (I know, easier said than done.) Make sure vacuum : is getting to the heater valve (no vacuum = closed valve), and that the : visible lever is moving. Finally, there is a blend door that controls : the amount of air that goes through the heater core - make sure it's : moving to the right position. : : -- : Mike F. : Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont. : : NOTE: new address!! : Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly. : (But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.)