Re: A/C fixed

[Kevin Collins <collinsk@sprintmail.com>]

HOTGTX@aol.com wrote:
 
> You need to check the heater control valve.  It's connected to one of the
> heater hoses under the hood.  It is supposed to shut off hot coolant going to
> the A/C unit under the dash.  Mine started to leak letting hot coolant to the
> heater core.  I had room temp air coming from the center vent but cold from
> the sides.
 
> If i'm correct the design of the under dash housing is such that the outside
> vents get cooled air.  They are blown from the unit before the heater core.

Thanks for the tip... when you had the problem with the room temp center
vent air, would you get warm air out of those vents with the a/c off but
the vents in open position?  That's the other part of my symptom...


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Kevin Collins
Huntington Beach, CA
'86.5 Scirocco 16V 2.0
'97 GTI VR6
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