Heating controls

[Dazza N]

Help please

Despite turning the dials in the right direction according to the manual I am still getting hot air coming from the vents and the floor vents.

I also have a permanent red light on by the left hand top switch

Any ideas or is this just a Griff trait ?

I have had a Cerbera and Tuscan before so I know the heating systems are usually poor.

Cheers

Dazza

[mcosh]

Sounds like the heater valve is out of line. Down in passenger footwell behind glove box on the left look for the control valve. May have to move the carpet at the top a little. It may have tipex type mark on the motor and the box. Make sure these are lined up when valve is closed. You will see grub screw that will need to be tightened once in line.

Edited by mcosh on Saturday 11th April 10:12

[Barreti]

Easy to experiment with this. You will see a rod linking the valve to the motor.
Disconnect the rod and pull it free of the motor - there is a funny little clip you have to push sideways to disconnect it from the rod and it should then push backwards and off.
Then manually close the valve and stick some tape over it to keep it there. If that cures the heat coming in you know it's just adjustment you need to do.
If it doesn't you may have an issue with the valve.
But try it fully pushed both ways before you start faffing, just to be sure you've guessed correctly which way is closed.
because I'm not sure it's obvious which is which so you want to be sure.

[Barreti]

A picture and a thousand words and all that.

The black connector at the top of the rod shows it disconnected. It's this which you need to rotate and disconnect off the rod.

[David Beer]

I think that is an early valve, later have a variable resistor, that the wires break off, I know! But you can hear the motor spinning all the time, so maybe it's the early version.

[Loubaruch]

This may help:

http://www.bertram-hill.com/heater-problems.html

[Alan461]

Thanks for the above advice
I'd got a very similar situation and hadn't seen this arrangement before.
Found the battery this afternoon. Interesting.