warm clothes wont clog up cooling system though, stop leak additives are for dodgy car dealers not your own car you want to keep.
Technical Heater matrix - anybody done one?
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Technical Heater matrix - anybody done one?
warm clothes wont clog up cooling system though, stop leak additives are for dodgy car dealers not your own car you want to keep.
bugger that if mine springs a leak will be first thing i try, sod being cold can always back flush it when sun comes out
each to his own. said would cause s##t if i mentioned it
will go get my cap and stand in corner again ( me and the corner are on first name terms )
bugger that if mine springs a leak will be first thing i try, sod being cold can always back flush it when sun comes out
each to his own. said would cause s##t if i mentioned it
will go get my cap and stand in corner again ( me and the corner are on first name terms )
the trouble is by the time the warm weather comes the rad weld will have hardened in lots of places you don't want it to and will be to hard to just flush out. ive seen water ways totally blocked by it.
You're looking at him :wave:
Well the rip the car apart to change the whole heater box unit, didn't change just the matrix as that wasn't the fault.
No you can't. Once its in, its in for good. And you cannot control where.
So the big question is, can you get the matrix out without removing the heater box unit?
Elearn would suggest you can't, but IIRC someone here at least managed to fix a leaky union (admittedly not the same as a holed matrix) without dismantling everything and the repair held up.
you never know..,
I'm might have a YES/NO , definitive answer by Saturday teatime.. as I'm hoping to attempt it on Saturday morning,
i'll have a half-dozen eggs ready to poke into the RAD if it still leaks ; - }
Charlie
I'm might have a YES/NO , definitive answer by Saturday teatime.. as I'm hoping to attempt it on Saturday morning,
i'll have a half-dozen eggs ready to poke into the RAD if it still leaks ; - }
Charlie
and you all slag me off over barrs leaks, now you trying to bodge it with eggs:bang::bang::bang:
bung the eggs in first - if it stops the leak has saved you all the hassle , if it dont you only lost a few eggs :devil::devil::devil::devil::devil::devil:
off to stand in the corner before you all tell me off
you should never put all your eggs in 1 cooling system
you should never put all your eggs in 1 cooling system
so funny :worship::worship::worship:you should never put all your eggs in 1 cooling system
OK ! , 3 in Rad + 3 in fuel tank..it'll get through eventually
Update,
got the Matrix out,
it was leaking at the "manifold" joint
see the RED fuzz half-way up the crimped edges:bang:
so presumably it's just AGED sealant ,
rather than a corrosive / abrasive action:idea:
Charlie
got the Matrix out,
it was leaking at the "manifold" joint
see the RED fuzz half-way up the crimped edges:bang:
so presumably it's just AGED sealant ,
rather than a corrosive / abrasive action:idea:
Charlie
cool so he didnt removew no dash or doors then
Nope
and it didnt get stuck on them screw holes and the lugs on matrix?
UPDATE, still holding well
18 months and 15K miles later.
awkward job, but basically saved the little car
Charlie
