RE: couple questions

[T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>]

Mostley I'd agree but,
'84 GTI w/ A/C  had no valve in eng. bay, did use flaps.  There has got to
be some overlap going on here.

TBerk


At 10:34 AM 1/11/99 -0500, Chris Coracini wrote:
>all A1's had the valve.  the flaps are on the A2 cars.
>
>chris
>86 16V scirocco
>
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>>From: 	T Berk[SMTP:tberk@mindspring.com]
>>Sent: 	Sunday, January 10, 1999 1:30 PM
>>To: 	scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>Subject: 	Re: couple questions
>>
>>I don't think the 82+ models use the early type valve to control heat. I
>>think they use a flap system to close off air flow past the heater core.
>>These flaps are controlled by vacuum generated by the engine. Possibly the
>>control arm has fallen off the flap's lever. Perhaps there is a vacuum
leak. 
>>
>>Good luch, hth,
>>TBerk
>>
>>
>>At 12:44 PM 1/10/99 -0500, Mark A Peele wrote:
>>>1. Probably the heater valve that your heater control connects to. It is
>>>in the engine bay in the middle of a heater hose that goes from cylinder
>>>head to firewall (to heat exchanger/core). Check to see if the cable is
>>>attached properly. If it is, the valve is probably bad (assuming the
>>>radiator hoses are hot).
>>>
>>>
>>>Mark . . .   (THINK VW)
>>>Scirocco 1982, Golf GT 1987
>>>Scirocco 1981 S (working on this)
>>>--------- Begin forwarded message ----------
>>>From: "Zach Vrooman" <zach@discover-net.net>
>>>To: "scirocco mail list" <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
>>>Subject: couple questions
>>>Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 21:02:57 -0600
>>>Message-ID: <199901070248.UAA03534@discover-net.net>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi all. Here's my questions
>>>
>>>1) My rocco has very little heat. What I do get is lukewarm, or slightly
>>>above. This morning, I let it run to get some heat going (-20 below last
>>>night) about 6-8 minutes or so, I don't remember. Anyway, I got in and
>>>looked at the gauge, and the needle was about halfway up. I thought
>>>"HEAT!
>>>YES!" Alas, it was not to be. I turned on the defroster and not much in
>>>the
>>>way of heat. :(   So, I am taking this to mean my thermostat has gone the
>>>way of the dodo. No problem, I have a stat and gasket (plus all hoses, I
>>>figured WTF, only money.) How would a half-wit such as myself find out
>>>for
>>>sure? I remember someone saying something about grabbing a hose to see if
>>>it's warm, but I don't remember which hose. Can someone elaborate for me?
>>>
>>>2)The driver's seat on my car was broken when I got it. After much
>>>searching, my dad located one in CA. The seat is from a Wolfie. My '86
>>>isn't a Wolfie, so the pattern isn't the same. The parts car I got last
>>>summer has the sport seats, in the same pattern as my '86. My question
>>>is:
>>>Is the upholstery(sp?) easily switchable? I ask because the driver's seat
>>>in the parts car ALSO was broken, which I'd discovered AFTER I threw it
>>>into my 86 :(
>>>Hopefully it will, then I'll be that much closer to having the interior
>>>finished. 
>>>
>>>
>>>TIA,
>>>zach 
>>>86 8v(brrr..)
>>>84 8v
>>>85 GTI
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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