How good is your heater?

[Peasgood]

I changed the thermostat today. The one in it was 82C and the new one is 88C. That has cured it.
One of our tractors was towing 2 trailers today and broke down. I went and towed the whole lot home with the Terrano. Heater seemed to be working quite well

 

[Fez_uk]

Just to add to this I went to my local scrap yard thats closer than tanygroes.

Anyway got a heater reasistor from a Nissan Primera.
Had a look at a almera but heater resistor was different. The car looked like a newish model 2001+.

Also got a Fuel cap. Both for £3, Bargain! :clap

 

[lacroupade]

Hi

Ive read all of this but none of it quite fits the problem. The Heater didnt warm up but the engine did. I checked the expansion tank and radiator and had to add about 1 ltr of coolant/antifreeze mix. Result all worked as before.
Next morning -8 Drove round trip of 60 miles checked expansion tank no coolant loss.

Today -15 Mrs C takes vehicle to work rings up after a couple of miles no heat. Heater is not working. she checks the expansion tank as above no loss of coolant. The temp guage reads as normal. I had been loosing about a pint of coolant over a 2 to 3 month period with no obvious leaks. Is the head gasket on its way out or can you suggest any other fault/remedies
cheers
Centurion

Don't add water via the expansion tank its completely misleading.

Wait til its cool enough then refill via the radiator cap. And by the way, the rad cap can misbehave as well, blowing water/steam into atmosphere instead of the coolant tank, so replace it - not expensive.

 

[Karinofnine]

Mine takes for ever to warm up... I mean more than half an hour and it never really blows hot. I just put it down to it being made for hot countries, big viscous fan, lots of engine to warm up and big cabin space... but am I wrong? Do I need to do something?

 

[lacroupade]

Mine takes for ever to warm up... I mean more than half an hour and it never really blows hot. I just put it down to it being made for hot countries, big viscous fan, lots of engine to warm up and big cabin space... but am I wrong? Do I need to do something?

Definitely sounds like either a blocked inlet (pollen) filter or a thermostat problem, although could be a blocked heater matrix?

Definitely not normal.

 

[kbekl]

could be a damaged thermostat just took mine out the isuzu and found it to be open one side wouldnt let the engine warm up properly

 

[tezzer]

my 2.7tdi took about 10 mins to warm, up but no heat inside, changed the pollen filter and changed the rad cap, all sorted, warms up quicker and now it's too hot inside, have to open window, :augie:thumb2

 

[kbekl]

my 2.7tdi took about 10 mins to warm, up but no heat inside, changed the pollen filter and changed the rad cap, all sorted, warms up quicker and now it's too hot inside, have to open window, :augie:thumb2

thats not fair mine dont get too hot:doh











suppose automatic climate control keeps it livable :lol:lol

 

[tezzer]

thats not fair mine dont get too hot:doh











suppose automatic climate control keeps it livable :lol:lol

i had that aswell, sunroof & windows :lol:doh

 

[kbekl]

i had that aswell, sunroof & windows :lol:doh

i hate it :doh it don't heat the cabin up fully if you turn it on full then air con kicks in :doh

 

[PCshedman]

I've enjoyed my Mreg TD Maverick EXCEPT for the useless heater which hardly ever blows other than just warm air , leaks into the left footwell and fills the car with fumes. Have tried most of the tips but that heater matrix job sounds evil. have even tried an electric car heater - total waste of money. Hot water bottles on the dash clear the screen.....................

 

[Karinofnine]

Pollen Filter? Did those exist when my car was made lol?

I will add a new thermostat to the list of 'things to do to Big Blue' ...

 

[locteau]

me too

mine is very slow too but getting there, the blower is not very strong if I put max heat.......

 

[centurion]

Heater etc

Hi
Just to add to my original post. I changed the thermostat and put an 88 degree one in. The rubber seal on the old one appeared perished and I wonder if the coolant was leaking past it but not out of the casing.

Anyway problem solved now heats up quicker and runs slightly warmer which seems to make it smoother and then after another -17 night it appears to have developed a MAF ?? problem see my other post.

Regards
Centurion

 

[Peasgood]

I would suspect the diesel being on the borderline of freezing. Any water in the fuel system will make it worse.
Rightly or wrongly I feel it is best to keep the tank pretty full in these conditions, same with my tractors.

 

[rustic]

It was -6C yesterday and the interior heater sapped all the heat from the engine, the needle on the temperature gauge dropped to the bottom.
We were only driving on urban roads, once we got on the Motorway at 65-70 we had to turn the heat down.
The rad was cold, so stat ok, it's that Damn viscous fan, air cooling the whole engine bay, and that's with a ply cover over the top half of the Rad.
Plan B is to fit the lower cover, which I last used 12/13 years ago. When we had that other cold spell.

Went down to Oxford and back in it today, even had sun roof open to get rid of the warm stuffy air.

I was amazed at the drivers of the fancy 4X4's with road tyres, going 80 mph through the slush, their first winter and they think they have full control....
Mostly women drivers..

 

[Peasgood]

My heater has been great since I changed the thermostat.
It peaked at -8 here yesterday and it was plenty hot enough tootling around the lanes.

 

[lacroupade]

It was -6C yesterday and the interior heater sapped all the heat from the engine, the needle on the temperature gauge dropped to the bottom.
We were only driving on urban roads, once we got on the Motorway at 65-70 we had to turn the heat down.
The rad was cold, so stat ok, it's that Damn viscous fan, air cooling the whole engine bay, and that's with a ply cover over the top half of the Rad.
Plan B is to fit the lower cover, which I last used 12/13 years ago. When we had that other cold spell.

Went down to Oxford and back in it today, even had sun roof open to get rid of the warm stuffy air.

I was amazed at the drivers of the fancy 4X4's with road tyres, going 80 mph through the slush, their first winter and they think they have full control....
Mostly women drivers..

well thats exactly what mine was doing until I swapped the stat yesterday, unless the MkI runs cooler....? now it takes only 2 miles or so before its at 12 o'clock!