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YOUR RESEARCHHeater Core Leaks!
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Replace left side blower motor
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I just replaced the left side blower motor on that car before you took ownership.
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HA, I have a buddy that back in our high school days ran an external oil cooller on his VW with long hoses and stuck it between the seats for added heat in the winter
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Turned out to be a bigger problem as we also discovered my impeller had come apart which was likely the reason for the core going...So I have an appointment to get the windshield re-sealed early next week
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I also entertained getting a 996GT3 or 09 PDK to replace the car, but decided against doing so.
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HA, I have a buddy that back in our high school days ran an external oil cooller on his VW with long hoses and stuck it between the seats for added heat in the winter
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Turned out to be a bigger problem as we also discovered my impeller had come apart which was likely the reason for the core going...So I have an appointment to get the windshield re-sealed early next week
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I got it fixed today and well, no rain so I dont know how the turn out is.
So lucky for me I have only one seat in the car and no carpet......yesterday coming home from work in the pouring rain, the floor on the passenger side started to get water on it..... a lot of water!! A LOT !!!
Lucky for me I know a thing or two, and my indy is on the way home.... I rolled in and shut er' down quick before it overheated...... jumped out screaming "HELP, I have a coolant leak" Within minutes we diagnosed it as a bad heater core. Turned out to be a bigger problem as we also discovered my impeller had come apart which was likely the reason for the core going...So I have an appointment to get the windshield re-sealed early next week
Thought I was thru with water problems
hahahahaa!
it has the most convoluted heater control set up I have ever seen...there are 4 places to make changes
1. the dash (about 5 sliding "things")
2. the console in front of the gear selector
3. 2 levers behine the gear selector
4. a switch on the center console between the seats
with the right combination of these, you keep busy enough to forget what your were trying to accomplish
Sorry to hear, Ed. Did the impeller inside the heater actually come apart? I just replaced the left side blower motor on that car before you took ownership.
Wow sounds like a 59 VW bugs arrangement of heater controls. Your car really has water flow for heat? I was thinking it was air cooled with chambers around the headers, oh well. As far as defogging the windshield I thought that's what the a/c is for
I remember many a days in germany getting in a vw van that was water cooled and it still wouldn't pass enough heat till past caring.
Oh yah. Your windshield seal leaking is a good thing to fix to end flooding
Go cruise the Willamette valley this fall and winter to test it
Marry's Peak out of Corvallis and on to the coast would be a good cruise.
No Mike, the windshield leaked badly in the rain about 3 cups of water on the passenger floor from Bothell to home!!! - the post was a spoof, "coolant leak"....... I got it fixed today and well, no rain so I dont know how the turn out is.
is the 99' up and running?
HAHA
well to be honest I thought the water was coming "UP" and I had no idea how so much water would do that
Gravity made more sense, running down a spot in the front, then along the tunnel and puddling right where the passenget seat "should be" - I mean a lot of water!
hehehe nice guy. Yah if it were oregon then the rain would be traveling up, sideways and down just like the moss on all sides of a tree in oregon. Washington I don't think you guys have it that bad but it could be part of global warming. Hey it could be sprouting a sun roof.
my options were to either grow some plants on that side, maybe a small fish tank, stop driving in Washington where acording to Pac it doens't rain, or fix the leak.
I need a vacaton....anyone else?
996 is running but not fixed yet. I picked up an automatic P car due to my left knee surgery six weeks ago, so I didn't drive the 996 for a while. I also entertained getting a 996GT3 or 09 PDK to replace the car, but decided against doing so. Among the water cooled 911s, this car pencils out to be the best value even if I have to face major engine repairs. It is also nice to have a DD car in which I don't have to worry where I park, etc...yet still have a fun and engaging car to drive.
I did do the 120K service and realignment (more front camber, more rear toe = better turn in, more oversteer). I also got a second opinion from the race shop who works on my other cars; Barrier's diagnosis has been confirmed. Parts have been ordered and I expect it to be done this month after the engine on my race car is completed.
HA, I have a buddy that back in our high school days ran an external oil cooller on his VW with long hoses and stuck it between the seats for added heat in the winter
That guy did/does all kinds a stuff like that
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