Rich_F Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 All, I'm suffering from hot feet in the Seven and want to check following great advice on here that the heater valve is closing properly (when I push the button in under the dash). How involved is checking ? How the blazes do I do it? all advice.tuition gratefully received... R (WMN -"Wonderfully Mechanically Naive") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Team Shaun_E Posted August 4, 2005 Support Team Share Posted August 4, 2005 I did this a couple of days ago due to same problem. Assuming you have the fresh air heater (black plastic thing in the middle of the bulkhead) there are two pipes coming out of it on the passenger side of the car. these are joined vertically by a brass valve which the heater cable connects to. If you look at the rear of the valve you can see a lever that rotates through about 90 degrees. "On" and "Off" are stamped on the back of the valve to show the correct positions. I found that the cable wasn't pushing the valve to the full off position. You need to unscrew the bolt that clamps the cable, move the cable slightly and then re-tighten the bolt - its very fiddly to get at the bolt so a small spanner is required. Yellow SL #32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_F Posted August 4, 2005 Author Share Posted August 4, 2005 Shaun fab - I'll have a go later on Thanks R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrivRich Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 I agree Also, now I know this sounds silly, stick your head under the dash and look at the air inlets on the tunnel top just infront of the gear knob. They are the round plastic disc things and they have flaps which open and close also they rotate so you can direct the air flow to wherever you want ie away from your feet Mine were so stiff that I did not realise they rotated Well you did say you were mechanically naive Dave Dodge Viper Blue with Metalic Silver nose band and stripe Membership Number 66 😬 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_F Posted August 4, 2005 Author Share Posted August 4, 2005 Dave Thanks - yes, mechanically naive, wonderfully so I have found the round plastic things, and they are shut. cheers R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wag Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 Is a bad thing to admit to knowledge of heaters. The round plastic things are not the only outlets. There are outlets further forward which squirt at your feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazerBrain Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 There are outlets further forward which squirt at your feet. I learn something new every day 😬 cheers, Darren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_F Posted August 5, 2005 Author Share Posted August 5, 2005 Ooo never knew that 😬 😬 fab - I'll have a look.. blatchat is fab! R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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