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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: downsmen on 08 February 2012, 21:56:54
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I know a lot of people have had the same basic problem, but i feel mine is slighty different.
I recentley replaced the oil cooler due to a major water leak in the cover. Before i did this the heater was working really well. If the temp was on high you got really Hot.
Since i changed the Oil Cooler the heater barely gets warm, im relying on the heated seats to keep warm its that bad. :'(
Any Ideas please.
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may of dislodged some muck in radiator and its gone and got stuck in heater radiator. may require a back flush to the systerm.
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may of dislodged some muck in radiator and its gone and got stuck in heater radiator. may require a back flush to the systerm.
Another top tip from Rusty!! ??? ??? ???
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I know a lot of people have had the same basic problem, but i feel mine is slighty different.
I recentley replaced the oil cooler due to a major water leak in the cover. Before i did this the heater was working really well. If the temp was on high you got really Hot.
Since i changed the Oil Cooler the heater barely gets warm, im relying on the heated seats to keep warm its that bad. :'(
Any Ideas please.
All vacuum lines present & correct? :-\ :-\
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I have tried flushing just the heater matrix with just the top pipe should i try with both, all vacuum lines correct, well seem to be.
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need to flush out from the bottom pipe out the open top one, and go back and forward a few times till clean water.
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Heater matrix is notorious for collecting bits of crud as it is one of the lowest points in the system and the pipes in the matrix are very narrow so can easily get blocked greatly resticting the flow.
My advise would be to get 2 peices of either garden hose pipe or clear 15mm tube about 2 ft long.Push one end from each onto the top and bottom metal heater pipe that goes through the bulk head,after removing the quick fit rubber hoses ;D,then fit a small funnel to one end and the other end into a 1 tr plastic milk bottle or similar to act as a drain.Get some kettle descaller /fernox or similar treatment and slowly pour it into the funnel allowing it to flow down into the heater matrix and then keep filling until it starts to come out of the drain tube.
Leave it to do its stuff for a while then flush through with water again via the funnel and drain.If its going into a clear plastic drain cannister you should hopefull see the dirt/crud etc inside ,which has been removed.Swap the 2 plastic tubes or garden hose pipe around on the top /bottom pipes allowing the flush to go both ways and you should get most if not all the muck out.When you are happy with the result give it another good flush through now with just clean water to thoroughly remove all the descaller from the pipework.
Reconnect all pipework and refill system with 50/50 coolant mix and allow engine to tick over for a while with coolant bottle cap removed and heater on full ,temp Hi, to allow any air from the system.Refit cap and keep an eye on the fluid levels for the next few days.
Hope that fixes the problem. :y
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Thanks for all your advice i flushed it out earlier both ways got loads of gunk out :y
Put it all back together and i have heat at last :y its not as hot as it was but its now usable.
When the weather gets better i shall try to clean it again.
Thanks again everyone