Heater trouble.

Discussion in '8-valve' started by dogtown, Oct 6, 2008.

  1. dogtown New Member

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    My heaters were cold this morning. After getting up to temp, they were still cold. I then squeezes all hoses and they started to get hot. All hoses are getting hot apart from the bottom rad hose?
     
  2. neil kaye Forum Junkie

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    heaterS how many you got??
    sounds like a blockage,airlock and maybe a bad thermostat
     
  3. dogtown New Member

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    Yeah thats what I thought. Someone said to flush in/out pipes that go through top of the bulkhead. No to keen tho.
     
  4. neil kaye Forum Junkie

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    no to keen tho?
    yea take top hose of and stick a hose pipe down ittake bottom hose off too and see if the water comes out ok at the bottom ,,crunch all the hoses while its flushing til the water runs free and clear
     
  5. dogtown New Member

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    Is there a risk of filling the car with water?
     
  6. gtiden New Member

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    no there is,nt
     
  7. Mike_H Forum Addict

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    It's 90% likely that your bypass valves are blocked. It's that time of year where people notice blocked bypass valves and the carb icing season starts :lol:.

    Either buy new valves or replace with bits of 22mm copper pipe, or slightly smaller.
     
  8. neil kaye Forum Junkie

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    it wont go in the car unless the matrix has an hole in it,the water from the hose has much less pressure than the system itself so youl be fine
     

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