Help please! My vents are leaking!
27-12-2009, 11:06 PM
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Help please! My vents are leaking!
Hi all, I was driving home last night when the heater vents inside the car started spraying steam out of them? When i stopped i noticed that the driver and passenger footwell has flooded and the car smells like the water in the header tank! The engine has also been heating up quicker than usual, and heating stopped working about 3 months ago?. Any help appreciated, cheers Gaz
27-12-2009, 11:16 PM
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Its a 1989 Escort Rs Turbo by the way
27-12-2009, 11:17 PM
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all signs pointing to a nackard heater matrix mate
27-12-2009, 11:20 PM
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i would say defo matrix, bypass it 4 now as its a dash out job
27-12-2009, 11:31 PM
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doable with dash in but a bit awkward
27-12-2009, 11:37 PM
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doable with dash in but a bit awkward
alot awkward with dash in lol plus grazed knuckles lol
27-12-2009, 11:58 PM
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Thanks for your help, how would i bypass it for now? Am i damaging anything by driving it? Cheers Gaz
28-12-2009, 12:06 AM
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yh dont drive it as u have lost all water, look at the back of the engine bay an u will see 2 pipes goin through the bulkhead (into dash) just dsconnect them an join them up
28-12-2009, 09:02 AM
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ive got a spare 1 somewhere ill have a look in the garage later if you need 1, dash comes out in about 30 mins anyway
28-12-2009, 09:27 AM
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as said, heater matrix has split, get a new one and fit it.
28-12-2009, 02:20 PM
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alot awkward with dash in lol plus grazed knuckles lol
lol still better then taking it out lol.
behind the engine there are 2 water pipes, one above the other, connect them together, till you get a new one
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27-12-2009, 11:06 PM
Help please! My vents are leaking!
