BrotherBud
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I bought a bravo yesterday and have been noticing a few probs with it. The heater refuses to blow out hot air, from what i have read this points to either a head gasket problem or a heater matrix problem. I have tried bleeding the air from the pipes behind the engine but that didn't seem to help.
There are rubber mats in the foot wells and upon lifting the passenger side rubber mat i found the carpet under it to be soaking wet, I thought that the wet carpet might be an indication that the problem with the heater being cold is caused by the heater matrix but as i have only had the car 1 day i am not sure if somthing has been spilt by the previous owner to make the carpet wet. I have had a feel around the underneath of the glove box and cannot find any wet bits, and the carpet seems wetter at the back of the footwell near to the seat and not so wet (although still wet) at the very front of the footwell closest to the front of the car. Does this make sense for a leaky matrix or does it sound more like a drink has been splilt by whoever had the car before. The liquid on the floor just smells like plain water. And where abouts under the dash would the water run down from to get to the carpet from the heater matrix, should the plastic of the dash also be wet if its the matrix.
Sorry for all the stupid questions i would just like to get the problems sorted with my car without having to take it t the garage. I have read that replacing the heater matrix is not a hard job to do its just a pain in the ar*e, so i think if that is the problem i would like to try and fix it my self, is there some good info anywherethat any of you know of that explains the process of removing the dash and replacing it again.
Thank-you very much.
There are rubber mats in the foot wells and upon lifting the passenger side rubber mat i found the carpet under it to be soaking wet, I thought that the wet carpet might be an indication that the problem with the heater being cold is caused by the heater matrix but as i have only had the car 1 day i am not sure if somthing has been spilt by the previous owner to make the carpet wet. I have had a feel around the underneath of the glove box and cannot find any wet bits, and the carpet seems wetter at the back of the footwell near to the seat and not so wet (although still wet) at the very front of the footwell closest to the front of the car. Does this make sense for a leaky matrix or does it sound more like a drink has been splilt by whoever had the car before. The liquid on the floor just smells like plain water. And where abouts under the dash would the water run down from to get to the carpet from the heater matrix, should the plastic of the dash also be wet if its the matrix.
Sorry for all the stupid questions i would just like to get the problems sorted with my car without having to take it t the garage. I have read that replacing the heater matrix is not a hard job to do its just a pain in the ar*e, so i think if that is the problem i would like to try and fix it my self, is there some good info anywherethat any of you know of that explains the process of removing the dash and replacing it again.
Thank-you very much.