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  • OddballJamie
    OddballJamie Posts: 2,660 Forumite
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    red_eye wrote: »
    not a head gasket or thermostat, they have nothing to do with supplying cold air to the cabin.

    Looking at a rod has come lose or at worst the valve
    It's been fixed now but a rod?
  • mcjordi
    mcjordi Posts: 4,238 Forumite
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    OddballJamie wrote: »
    It's been fixed now but a rod?

    what he will mean is the cable from the back of the heater control panel
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  • Mockingjay
    Mockingjay Posts: 214 Forumite
    They said the valve was stuck on hot.
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  • OddballJamie
    OddballJamie Posts: 2,660 Forumite
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    Mockingjay wrote: »
    They said the valve was stuck on hot.
    They have a solenoid in them, common problem but a straight forward fix.
    Glad you got it sorted.
  • jc808
    jc808 Posts: 1,756 Forumite
    Thermostat housing was what was wrong... ok

    Have you checked your coolant level? I had a leak and the first sign was the heater blasting away because the heating matrix was pumping out hot air where what little coolant was left was boiling....
  • OddballJamie
    OddballJamie Posts: 2,660 Forumite
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    jc808 wrote: »
    Thermostat housing was what was wrong... ok

    Have you checked your coolant level? I had a leak and the first sign was the heater blasting away because the heating matrix was pumping out hot air where what little coolant was left was boiling....
    It was the heater control valve not the thermostat, Op has already had it sorted.
  • jc808
    jc808 Posts: 1,756 Forumite
    Cool, I just had a very similar problem on the same car but it was a coolant leak
  • red_eye
    red_eye Posts: 1,211 Forumite
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    OddballJamie wrote: »
    It's been fixed now but a rod?
    some have cables that move the flap some have this cable/ rod cross breed that looks like a rod but has the flexibility of a cable. a roble or caod?
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