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Post Tue Apr 10, 2012 6:40 pm

me again lol , my heaters dont blow out hot on my m50 conversion ive checked the pipes there correct , from head to bottom of matrix ,
so the only rhing i can think of is heater control valve not opening , this has been recently changed for a 2nd hand unit from a zoner as mine cracked , is there some basic electrics i can check to make sure its openin and how ??? thanks
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Post Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:00 pm

wiki to the rescue just read it shall try tomoz , that might make grrr abit happy !!!
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Post Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:07 pm

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Post Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:54 pm

i see your putting alot of time into the wiki , thus the sigh from you i see earlier lol
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Post Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:31 am

Nah, it's not my time that bothers me, it's just the attitude of "quick, post a question" rather than "quick, search for an answer."

I know the forum search is daunting, and I know the Wiki needs more tweaking so make it user-friendly, but when there's a question about Lights and there's a big box on the front page of the Wiki called Lights, I can normally tell someone's being a teeny bit lazy.

Let me know how you get on with the Heater bit, and I'll clean up the Heater page if it's confusing.
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Post Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:35 am

wiki is clear as bells for my problem, i think its just a case of people forgetting theres a wiki to use (edit, including me !!) ,fookin handy tho good job on the hard work
, i unplugged the thermostat n took it for a drive to get hot, but no heat so i now assume the 2nd hand stat i bought is fooked aswell ,better than having a wet carpet like the last one i spose :/
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Post Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:39 am

BATTS91 wrote: , i unplugged the thermostat n took it for a drive to get hot, but no heat so i now assume the 2nd hand stat i bought is fooked aswell ,better than having a wet carpet like the last one i spose :/
?? How did you 'unplug' the thermostat?
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Post Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:09 am

heater matrix thermostat has a 2 pin plug on top of it
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Post Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:11 am

or you could also call it ,heater control valve
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Post Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:25 pm

You can only call it a heater control valve - it's not a thermostat of any description.
The default position of the valve is open when disconnected, and I doubt if this is your problem.
If you're sure the pipes are the right way around, I suspect you have a partial airlock (remove top heater hose to release), the matrix is partially blocked, or the cable from the heat control to the heater box has a problem, and isn't moving the blender flap to full hot.