Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 18:58:30 GMT From: "Skyclad" <Donotreplynospamaddress.com> Subject: Re: Hot air constantly
When he by-passed the core he diconnected the hoses at the heater core ports and joined them. I have reattached them since the weather here has been cold! I'll will take a look at the heater control valve tonight to see if it is functioning. Thanks for the response and the link to that web page, should be very helpful! Greg "Craig's Saab C900 Site" <c900nospam.apana.org.au> wrote in message news:d8o0ko$lcm$1nospam.apana.org.au... > "Skyclad" <Donotreplynospamaddress.com> writes: > >>I have just purchased my first Saab two weeks ago, a 1990 9000 Turbo, I >>love >>it already! >> The person I purchased it from had by-passed the heater core because hot >>air would always >>be entering the cabin. The AC works fine when the core is by-passed. My >>question: is there >>flap (or flap motor) that could be faulty, thus not redirecting hot/cold >>air >>properly? >>I have searched quite a few sites for info with no luck and I have a Hayes >>manual ordered >>(not much use to me yet), any help is appreciated. > > Did the previous owner say that the heater control valve itself was > broken, > or just that the heater core would continuously heat the air flowing > through > it and into the cabin of the car? When he 'bypassed' the core, what > exactly > did he do? Did he disconnect the two hoses from the ports on the back of > the > heater control valve (which poke through the firewall into the engine bay) > and plug them or join them together? > > I just did a heater control valve replacement job on my 1985 900i and > you're > more than welcome to check out the web page covering it at > "http://nospam/~c900/heatervalve.html" to see if that helps at > all. With the one I replaced, the metal control shaft had broken off, so > the > valve itself is probably still ok (I haven't thrown it out - going to use > it > for a demo at a club meeting in the near future), but I don't think the > shafts are available to buy on their own. > > Regards, > > Craig. > -- > Craig's Saab C900 Page --> http://nospam/~c900 Sydney, NSW > Australia > Craig's Saab C900 Workshop -- For all Saab C900 Enthusiasts world-wide! > http://www.nospam.net http://www.nospam > c900nospam.apana.org.au > Come and explore our site, and check out our web-forums, mailing list, > etc.
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