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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:50 pm

Bloody thing......

Went out yesterday for my little photoshot, had heater on was lovely and HOT :mad:

Today, went for a drive road my Dad's........Heater not going HOT??

Why?

Answers on a postcard please :cool:
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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:18 pm

Did a search but found nowt! :?
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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:23 pm

heater valve?

are the heater pipes the right way round?
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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:29 pm

I think so now, I have put the back pipe onto the bottom pipe and the pipe from the front of the engine to the top!
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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:07 pm

Air in the system ( 8O ), or just something silly like the connection to the heat adjustment slider on the dash coming off?
E30 in need of wiring loom smoke since April '11...
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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:26 pm

Bled it again today!
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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:45 pm

Once it's bled, it's bled, and the M50 doesn't suffer from airlocks anything like as much as the M20, although they can still occur.
My moneys on the electric valve having been killed by previously having the pipes on the wrong way around.
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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:49 pm

Damn the pipes being wrong.........

Easy fix?
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Post Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:54 pm

stevetigger wrote:
Easy fix?
Change the valve. Use the search button for "how to", and tape the little square nuts in place when you refit.
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Post Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:03 am

Cheers Brian, found this link from the search!

http://www.totalbmwmag.com/HandsOn/TechJun01.PDF
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