bleeding heater core on the allroad

[R_Ethug]

Re: bleeding heater core on the allroad

well the car has 112 on it so no way in **** it needs a new core

but tonight i put it on ramps.. and then pulled the hose back and let it run and revved it and the hose was spitting coolant out like piss so i put the hose back on and topped up the coolant.. but still no fucking heat!!!!!!!

so what went wrong after timing belt job!???

[BaggedGLI]

Re: bleeding heater core on the allroad

Thats weird...... I'm assuming you did the thermostat when the timing belt was done?

[Lo)2enz0]

Re: bleeding heater core on the allroad

sounds like a t-stat now. what was your operating temp driving into work? mine failed last winter and it took forever to get to operating temp and than would drop while i was driving.

i know on the 1.8t the t-stat is designed to fail open, so i'm sure its the same for you.

[Jester B]

Re: bleeding heater core on the allroad

George did a heater core flush/clean on my S4 a few years back for good results. Two years later and at almost 160k and it seems to be blocked again. Any chance the TB job and new water pump stirred loose some sediment that got stuck in the core?

Linky

[R_Ethug]

Re: bleeding heater core on the allroad

yea all the TB parts were fully done plus a bunch of other stuff.. operating temp sits at 90

but right now i have one pissed off wife!

[Ur0Drivr]

Re: bleeding heater core on the allroad

George did this for me a couple of weeks ago (around 140) and it's working great right now. I called the day before and he told me to come first thing in the morning. Did it on the spot in about 15-20 minutes.

[BaggedGLI]

Re: bleeding heater core on the allroad

George did this for me a couple of weeks ago (around 140) and it's working great right now. I called the day before and he told me to come first thing in the morning. Did it on the spot in about 15-20 minutes.

Same for me!

[gtx]

Re: bleeding heater core on the allroad

Check your vacumn lines or connectors maybe your blend door is not working?

[R_Ethug]

Re: bleeding heater core on the allroad

wtf is a blend door???

[BaggedGLI]

Re: bleeding heater core on the allroad

The flap that goes wump when you turn the dial in the car to the hot or cold. Listen in silence in the car and turn the knob full cold to full hot and back a couple times. If you arent hearing a little thump, you should check the cables.

[R_Ethug]

Re: bleeding heater core on the allroad

all i know is the heat worked like crazy before the timing belt job and now its ****

i think its probably honestly crud in the heater core.. because coolant does come out but i don't think its flowing enough.. i'm calling george in the morning and if i can get in friday then i'm set.. if not i'll try flushing it this weekend until then i get a pissy wife

i read on the blend door.. people say both in/out lines should be hot if the door is acting up.. where my out line is stone cold but the bottom is nice and hot

[The Brice]

Re: bleeding heater core on the allroad

lol. ya. i know nothing about VAG products.

Haha, yeah Dan stop pretending like you know anything about these cars.

[R_Ethug]

Re: bleeding heater core on the allroad

well anyways.. i talked to tunedub and am just going to bring it there tomorrow to have the core flushed.. should take 20 minutes and off to work

then tomorrow afternoon shiny new blizzacks for the AR.. wife should be happy then.. the stock all season(SUMMER!) pirelli all roads SUCK in the snow

[Jester B]

Re: bleeding heater core on the allroad

Happy for you, but that sucks. I've been waiting for two weeks to get mine flushed including that stretch of -20. I'll be all fixed up next week.

[R_Ethug]

Re: bleeding heater core on the allroad

yea its terrible driving it right now even -3

it must have been when i got the TB done the new water pump loosened up stuff or something as the heater was awesome before.. i can't honestly remember if the heater was working RIGHT after the TB job but i know a few days after it was no for sure..

i'm assuming when i bled it yesterday the coolant should be flowing pretty hard out of that output line.. but it never got hot. it does pump coolant via the bleeder hole though and i seriously let it spurt out a good litre or more onto my garage floor

oh well i'm guessing the core just has some crap in it.. a lot of guys after searching on AW have this surprisingly