My heater is pissing steam on hot, has matrix gone???

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My heater is pissing steam on hot, has matrix gone???
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not wet in the footwell at all, however she is using coolant more than ever before, turn the blowers on hot and you need to get out the car fast lol . . .

i'm guessing this is the matrix gone but i can hardly believe it as i currently have the dash out on my van replacing the matrix on that . . . .Doh
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isn't it, things happen in pairs (or something?)

From that description, it does sounds like the matrix.... Sad
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(07-01-2014, 09:40 AM)mr_fish Wrote: isn't it, things happen in pairs (or something?)

From that description, it does sounds like the matrix.... Sad

i'm not gonna cry lol but i can hardly believe it, 2 matrixs in a week, wtf? . .lol . . well i better crack on i suppose, not too bad in the Dispatch as i don't give a fcuk about it and just ragged it out lol . . . . i'll have to be a bit more careful with the car though . .Smile
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unless anyone can think of anything else this could possibly be i'm gonna start stripping her out . . .anything???? . Smile
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(07-01-2014, 10:27 AM)Mattcheese31 Wrote: unless anyone can think of anything else this could possibly be i'm gonna start stripping her out . . .anything???? . Smile

can you feel up under/behind the passenger's side of the dash to feel if its damp at all?
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(07-01-2014, 11:12 AM)mr_fish Wrote:
(07-01-2014, 10:27 AM)Mattcheese31 Wrote: unless anyone can think of anything else this could possibly be i'm gonna start stripping her out . . .anything???? . Smile

can you feel up under/behind the passenger's side of the dash to feel if its damp at all?

i will have a feel but i've just ordered a matrix, as i'm 99% sure, bargain price from carpartsforless, almost half the price of ECP for the same part . . .Smile

http://www.carparts4less.co.uk/cp4l/c/Pe...6&1&000189
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I can't see what else it could be pal. If you get stuck phone me, I've done the matrix before and it's a horrible job.
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(07-01-2014, 11:40 AM)THE_Liam Wrote: I can't see what else it could be pal. If you get stuck phone me, I've done the matrix before and it's a horrible job.

i'm not getting into that mindframe Liam lol . . . .took me 2 hours to totally strip the van out, matrix just been delivered now so i'm cracking on and set about the car tomorrow, can't imagine it's bad just time consuming stripping everything out with breaking stuff . .Smile

only thing i don't understand at the moment is people carping on about where it joins through the bulkhead??? what's the dillyo with that?
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Basically yeah it is just time consuming, mainly because some of it takes some thinking about.
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(07-01-2014, 11:45 AM)THE_Liam Wrote: Basically yeah it is just time consuming, mainly because some of it takes some thinking about.

thinking . . . .or taking a bigger backswing with the lump hammer? . . . .Itwasntme
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HAMMERS!!!
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rate . . .off to put van back together, wish me luck . .Big Grin
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Good luck pal Smile gaffer tape at the ready Wink

Sure there is a few 13 mm bolts on the bulkhead hold hog something on
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(07-01-2014, 12:09 PM)Danny2009 Wrote: Good luck pal Smile gaffer tape at the ready Wink

Sure there is a few 13 mm bolts on the bulkhead hold hog something on

on the car yeah? . . . i've found a guide on gti6 forum
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Ahh ideal Smile
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Have you tried flushing it through with a hose pipe yet?
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yeh its the matrix. So on the 1.8 the windows were misty so i turned the heating on max and steam came out everywhere. It was running out of water every 30 miles. A few days of steam later and the footwells were filling up.
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well . . . . . i've done the van lol . . gonna start stripping the car out today oh the joys . .lol

(07-01-2014, 01:23 PM)silverzx Wrote: Have you tried flushing it through with a hose pipe yet?

why would i want to do that fella? it's pissing steam out not not getting warm . . . .Smile
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That looks fun! NOT! Tongue
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Yeah that happened in my 306, steam everywhere then it starts filling the footwells after.
Doesnt even own a 306.
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(08-01-2014, 09:59 AM)silverzx Wrote: That looks fun! NOT! Tongue
was actually quite fun, didn't give a fcuk about scratching stuff etc. so just rippped it all out, took about 2-3 hours to strip it . . .
(08-01-2014, 10:55 AM)Tom Wrote: Yeah that happened in my 306, steam everywhere then it starts filling the footwells after.

yeah, just steam atm, lots of, can't drive really without a chamois leather in my hand . .Big Grin
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I can't believe you've passed up the opportunity to go into business as a mobile sauna.
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I know, offer happy endings and you'd have made a mint!
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(08-01-2014, 01:04 PM)r3k1355 Wrote: I can't believe you've passed up the opportunity to go into business as a mobile sauna.

no money in it these days or so i'm told . . . .TMI



well she's all in bits and old matrix is out, it was the original so it's done pretty well i guess, what a lady garden it is getting the matrix elbow out of the rubber seal!!! dark now so called it a day but seriously, how do you get that fcuker out???

other than that everything is ok i reckon . . . .replacement part should come tomorrow, can't bloody wait . . lol
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your some keen matt, 2 matrix changes in the space of a few days?
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(08-01-2014, 04:29 PM)mr_fish Wrote: your some keen matt, 2 matrix changes in the space of a few days?

haha i just need to do it before i start crying mate,
bit of a shit, i missed the delivery of the new matrix, don't know how as i've been working outside my front door all day . . .Dodgy
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well i've got the matrix elbow out the rubber grommet by using old mucker KrisB's advice of breaking it to bits, worked nicely lol . . . . .now i've just gotta wait in for mr fooking delivery driver and make sure he doesn't bobby knock . . :p
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parcel is here . . .here goes nothing . . .Smile
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good luck matie
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You've actually done the hard bit, figuring out how it all comes apart Wink
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