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Samdadude8

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

awatt

Hi and welcome!

Is the heater working fine?
Current steed: '07 Citroen C4 HDi

2052NV

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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Samdadude8

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

awatt

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.
Current steed: '07 Citroen C4 HDi

Samdadude8

Here it is

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Jesus

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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sexyBerlingo

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

Samdadude8

Found out that 1 of the fuses for the radiator fans had blown, so it was only running 1 fan not 2

Biff Tannen

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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