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Offline Samdadude8

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« on: February 24, 2012, 07:18:46 PM »
Heya, im Sam
Ive just brought a 1988 205 gti, so much fun!
someone told me about this forum, so thought i would join.
Does anyone else with  a 205 gti, have problems with it getting quite hot while idleing
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Offline awatt

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« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2012, 07:41:11 PM »
Hi and welcome!

Is the heater working fine?
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Re: New to this
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2012, 08:57:48 PM »
Welcome mate! sweet ride you should upload some pics through Photobucket
http://www.fastfrogs.co.nz/index.php/topic,238.0.html.

there are a bunch of things that could cause the heating problems. Are the fans turning on is a good place to start.

Cheers Robert
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Offline Bennny

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« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2012, 08:53:59 AM »
Gidday.
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Offline Samdadude8

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« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2012, 12:58:37 AM »
The heater has been disconnected due to the noise it makes and fuel consumption. would it help to hook it back up?
Pics coming soon, needs a good clean
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« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2012, 08:29:44 AM »
if that's the case you might want to see what's happening with your heater pipe plumbing. the resistance of the heater itself determines the rate of water flowing through that line, so if the heater is taken out you'll have more water bypassing the radiator than before. you can't blank that line off completely, so just for now try hooking the heater back up.
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Offline Samdadude8

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Re: New to this
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2012, 04:58:30 PM »
Here it is

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Offline Jesus

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Re: New to this
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2012, 06:25:02 PM »
Quote from: awatt on February 26, 2012, 08:29:44 AM
if that's the case you might want to see what's happening with your heater pipe plumbing. the resistance of the heater itself determines the rate of water flowing through that line, so if the heater is taken out you'll have more water bypassing the radiator than before. you can't blank that line off completely, so just for now try hooking the heater back up.


what would you do longterm without a heater then? mine is like this..
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Re: New to this
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2012, 09:47:07 PM »
lush hoses bro!
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Offline sexyBerlingo

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« Reply #9 on: February 29, 2012, 09:05:38 AM »
yeh my van ran hotter and when i bypassed heater whilst pipes were off for brazing up rust holes lol

thought was more serious issue after the pipe had popped and it overheated but then reconnected the heater and is back to normal
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Re: New to this
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2012, 04:59:43 PM »
Found out that 1 of the fuses for the radiator fans had blown, so it was only running 1 fan not 2
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Re: New to this
« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2012, 09:19:10 PM »
Quote from: Samdadude8 on March 06, 2012, 04:59:43 PM
Found out that 1 of the fuses for the radiator fans had blown, so it was only running 1 fan not 2

welcome along

thats great is it cooler now?
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