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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?

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Is your engine running at normal operating temp?
Blocked heater core or blocked heater hoses.
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I have a heater core spare, not sure if it is any good but id be happy to donate it less postage to test?
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He would probably want to be 100% sure the replacement heater core works before ripping out most of the dash :lol:
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Engine is running fine :D





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

Check your hoses, hose connections and the pipes at both end of the hoses for blockages first :D
Then go for the heater core :lol:
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.
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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.
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Mine is warm within 30 seconds and hot within two minutes. 8)
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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 :tongue:
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I hardly ever even use my heater though, only when it's really cold out (below 10 degrees).
I love the cold.
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I didn't use my heater for 3 years :roll:
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I wonder why :lol:
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I live in NZ, so the heater is 100% necessary :lol:
The reason I've bought an alarm with a remote start 8)
I just need to find some way of stopping the ice on the windscreen :?
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Technikhaus wrote:I live in NZ, so the heater is 100% necessary :lol:
The reason I've bought an alarm with a remote start 8)
I just need to find some way of stopping the ice on the windscreen :?
Hose it off mate!
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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.
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    Definitely heater core.
    Had the same issue in the RVR.
    Cooling system was completely blocked and corroded the core out.

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