[E30Group] Re: Coolant mixture NEW HEATER CORE?

Hi all
Is it a Hellish job to replace the heater rad. ie much stripping 
down/fascia(?)etc?  Mine burst and is now shorted out -  by-passed with hose.   
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
Thanks
TT  
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Allister Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> thermostat not openin?, i think all the hoses should be hot once it  
> opens, a new heater core does wonders! .You can hear the switch  
> mentioned with your head down in the location, turning the heat blend  
> knob on and off produces a small click. It is an on off switch valve...
> just over half on the guage sounds a bit hot but thats perhaps  a non  
> issue at this point. i guess at this point you could even have the  
> hoses backwards?? my free 2 cents)
> 
> On 13-Feb-12, at 8:30 PM, Ed MacVaugh wrote:
> 
> > Have you checked the electric heater control valve to the left of the
> > trans tunnel above the gas pedal on a left hand drive car?
> >
> > Ed>>> - I have no heat. I felt that if I bled the engine half way
> > > decently, I shoul have some semblance of heat. nada. I blew air  
> > into the
> > > upper heater core pipe, and water spat out the bottom pipe, but  
> > now my
> > > concern is the core itself is plugged (where the fins are) and the
> > > water/air is simply spitting back out from behind the plastic area  
> > on
> > > the end of the core. In other words, water and air are NOT traveling
> > > through the heater core itself ?
> > > I get a "bubbling" noise when I shut off the car well after reaching
> > > operating temperature - the gauge is just above halfway. The hose  
> > from
> > > the pump to the thermostat actually vibrates a bit. I have used the
> > > bleeder screw and jacked up the front of the car. the upper radiator
> > > hose is hot and the lower one is not. The upper hose for the  
> > heater is
> > > that weird three-way one and it seems OK, but not very hot (should  
> > it?)
> > > and the lower one to the head is similar. I do not have the recall
> > > notice by-pass thermostat on this car.
> > > Ideas other than the system is still not properly bled?
> > > Thanks all!
> > > Ross
> >
> >
>