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Kurt Kjelgaard (Kurtk328)
| | Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2001 - 4:18 pm: | |
Sorry for the double post.
Kurt |
Kurt Kjelgaard (Kurtk328)
| | Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2001 - 4:17 pm: | |
The heater fans and the heater valves are operated in two different systems.
The fan motors and the lights are off the same circuit, so the lights would also be inop if the fuses are gone. Both heater fans are located in front of the left front wheel - check the connections and the motors themselves.
For the leak:
Remove the sparewheel - remove the black glassfibre cover that makes up the shape between the spare wheel well and the front screen, seven Philips screws or so.
This gives you access to both heaters, and the plumbing and valves/valve motors.
The hose you see between the two valves have a Tee in the middle. This is where the infamous heater hose from the engine is connected (see other posts). From there the coolant passes through the valves and into the heater cores.
Coolant leaves the heaters almost out of sight underneath the fenders and is piped way up underneath and behind the air ducts - very difficult to see.
Anyway - you should be able to locate the the leak with the heaters turned on (and engine running, of course).
Keep us informed.
brgds Kurt |
Kurt Kjelgaard (Kurtk328)
| | Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2001 - 4:17 pm: | |
The heater fans and the heater valves are operated in two different systems.
The fan motors and the lights are off the same circuit, so the lights would also be inop if the fuses are gone. Both heater fans are located in front of the left front wheel - check the connections and the motors themselves.
For the leak:
Remove the sparewheel - remove the black glassfibre cover that makes up the shape between the spare wheel well and the front screen, seven Philips screws or so.
This gives you access to both heaters, and the plumbing and valves/valve motors.
The hose you see between the two valves have a Tee in the middle. This is where the infamous heater hose from the engine is connected (see other posts). From there the coolant passes through the valves and into the heater cores.
Coolant leaves the heaters almost out of sight underneath the fenders and is piped way up underneath and behind the air ducts - very difficult to see.
Anyway - you should be able to locate the the leak with the heaters turned on (and engine running, of course).
Keep us informed.
brgds Kurt |
Drew Altemara (Drewa)
| | Posted on Monday, October 15, 2001 - 12:57 pm: | |
I would guess it is the heater valve. I had a similar occurance on a Dino. When you move the heater control to move the valve it leaks throught the valve. I believe the valve is located in the front trunk area up close to the where the wiper motor is located; at least in the Dino it was. Fortunately this is not too hard to repair although accessibility may be tight. I got my heater control valve from Rutlands. |
Jim E (Jimpo1)
| | Posted on Monday, October 15, 2001 - 12:10 pm: | |
My 328 has started leaking coolant, but only when I've turned on the heater. The heater fans do not work, as I discovered the other night when I turned them on for the first time. All I got was 2 yellow lights on the dash. I brought the car home, parked it, and when I pulled it out again, had a large pool of coolant under the front of the car. I drove the car lightly around the neighborhood watching the temp gauge and could not get it to leak again. This morning, I drove it again, tried the heater fans again, got the same lights, got the same leak. Ideas? |
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