FTO AUSTRALIA

Hey, my climate control, even when set to 32 degrees, only seems to be blowing air that is very mildly above room temperature about half the time.. It also takes a long time (sometimes up to 15 minutes) to warm up when it actually does blow warm air.

Apparently a good place to start is the thermostat? Anyone know what it may be?

Cheers.

Is your engine running at normal operating temp?
Blocked heater core or blocked heater hoses.
Have fun

I have a heater core spare, not sure if it is any good but id be happy to donate it less postage to test?

He would probably want to be 100% sure the replacement heater core works before ripping out most of the dash

Engine is running fine





f**k.

Daniel2019 wrote:Engine is running fine
f**k.

Check your hoses, hose connections and the pipes at both end of the hoses for blockages first
Then go for the heater core
With my new heater core my heater gets hot as soon as the engine temp needle moves, about 3 - 4 mins in this cold weather.

I think im just going to deal with freezing and fix it when I get stuck into this new shell in a couple months.. it is summer soon, after all.

Mine is warm within 30 seconds and hot within two minutes.

I don't turn mine on for a while to allow the engine to warm up and so I don't get the cold air blowing through at startup. So mine probably would be warm sooner too

I hardly ever even use my heater though, only when it's really cold out (below 10 degrees).
I love the cold.

I didn't use my heater for 3 years

I wonder why

I live in NZ, so the heater is 100% necessary
The reason I've bought an alarm with a remote start
I just need to find some way of stopping the ice on the windscreen

Technikhaus wrote:I live in NZ, so the heater is 100% necessary
The reason I've bought an alarm with a remote start
I just need to find some way of stopping the ice on the windscreen

Hose it off mate!

Its easy to check without removing dash. All you need to do is unattach the hoses coming out of the heater core on the engine side (both of them). Jam a garden hose in one of them and turn it on. If you dont get a decent amount of water coming out the other, its blocked.

Definitely heater core.
Had the same issue in the RVR.
Cooling system was completely blocked and corroded the core out.

Enjoy.