Re: S4 heater not working

PeterMcC wrote:
> Catman wrote in
> <nRg0j.19675$bj2.4790@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> 
>> 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.

Even my 116 had a wax thermostat in the matrix.....
> 
> And a word on Alfaholics - less than 24 hours between diagnosis and
driving
> around with the new thermostat fitted - main dealers take note.
> 

Indeed.

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