Re: S4 heater not working

Catman wrote in
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> PeterMcC wrote:

>>
>> Spot on!
>>
>> The thermostat is integral to the thermostat housing so it can't be
>> removed to check by running the car without it. To test it, I'd put
>> it in a jug of hot then cold water: it opens, it closes.
>>
>> In extremis, I put a collar on to the axial rod to hold the
>> thermostat
>> open - hey presto! The heater works.
>>
>> Quite what the problem is, I guess I'll never know - but many thanks
>> for the prod to go back and look at the thermostat again. And now -
>> off to Alfaholics.
>>
>
> It's a pleasure.
>
> <aside to audience>: Should I tell him I meant the thermostat in the
> matrix? ;)

Thermostat in the matrix? Luxury!

It's all this talk of Maseratis that's turned your head - the heater
matrix
on an S4 is managed via the discomfort of the person behind the wheel and
is
activated by their sliding of the lever - though there is a two speed
heater
fan as well! ISTR that its 1990 contemporary, the 164, had more than 15
buttons to perform the same function.

And a word on Alfaholics - less than 24 hours between diagnosis and
driving
around with the new thermostat fitted - main dealers take note.

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PeterMcC
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