dekinstoke
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I have a weird issue with my '96 Punto 55. Ever since I have owned it I have had an issue with the front screen misting up badly. I read about the problem being caused by the heater matrix leaking, but as the engine runs fine and only loses a small amount of coolant weekly, I have put up with the problem till now.
A few days ago I found a sizeable puddle of anti freeze in the passenger footwell so I went online and ordered a new heater matrix and some jubilee clips for the hoses as I thought " well tha she blows"
The weird is that after that initial puddle, the carpets have now dried out. the windscreen misting is all but gone, and the heater seems to be working better than it ever did!! I have checked the coolant level over the last few days and that doesn't seem to have dropped either!
Now obviously the only place the antifreeze puddle could have come from is the heater matrix .... so why isn't it still leaking? It's almost like the matrix had a huge puke and now feels better! But logically there must be a hole in it or the coolant would not have leaked out in the first place.
I am going the strip out the dash and replace the matrix when the new one arrives but I was just wondering if anyone has seen this whole issue before? I almost feel like leaving it alone now I can see out of the windscreen again.
Any comments? ......
A few days ago I found a sizeable puddle of anti freeze in the passenger footwell so I went online and ordered a new heater matrix and some jubilee clips for the hoses as I thought " well tha she blows"
The weird is that after that initial puddle, the carpets have now dried out. the windscreen misting is all but gone, and the heater seems to be working better than it ever did!! I have checked the coolant level over the last few days and that doesn't seem to have dropped either!
Now obviously the only place the antifreeze puddle could have come from is the heater matrix .... so why isn't it still leaking? It's almost like the matrix had a huge puke and now feels better! But logically there must be a hole in it or the coolant would not have leaked out in the first place.
I am going the strip out the dash and replace the matrix when the new one arrives but I was just wondering if anyone has seen this whole issue before? I almost feel like leaving it alone now I can see out of the windscreen again.
Any comments? ......