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neil - 01 Oct 2005 11:34 GMT

Wonder if anyone has any ideas. I used my heater for the first time the
other day on my way to work. I'm fairly sure after a set mileage and with
the blower on the first setting the air coming in wasn't as hot as I
remember it last winter.

I may just be being paranoid but has anyone any thoughts. It's a Xantia TD
1.9 SX 1994.

Thanks in advance
Neil

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Malc - 02 Oct 2005 21:38 GMT

> Wonder if anyone has any ideas. I used my heater for the first time the
> other day on my way to work. I'm fairly sure after a set mileage and with
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> I may just be being paranoid but has anyone any thoughts. It's a Xantia TD
> 1.9 SX 1994.

Have you got climate control? If so then it probably decided it was up to
temperature and turned the heating down. My car is the same as yours and has
climate control.

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neil - 02 Oct 2005 21:50 GMT

Nope no climate control on mine just hot air blower, but thanks for the
thought.

Any other ideas.

Neil

>> Wonder if anyone has any ideas. I used my heater for the first time the
>> other day on my way to work. I'm fairly sure after a set mileage and with
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> temperature and turned the heating down. My car is the same as yours and
> has climate control.

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Malc - 03 Oct 2005 22:00 GMT

> Nope no climate control on mine just hot air blower, but thanks for the
> thought.
>
> Any other ideas.

It sounds as though it could be related to the thermostat opening in the
engine. How many miles before this change happens?

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neil - 04 Oct 2005 17:04 GMT

I thought I noticed it at around 5 or 6 miles. The temp gauge shows as
normal which is 70 degrees C. I can feel warm air I just thought it wasn't
as hot as I remember it last year.

Neil

>> Nope no climate control on mine just hot air blower, but thanks for the
>> thought.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> It sounds as though it could be related to the thermostat opening in the
> engine. How many miles before this change happens?

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Malc - 04 Oct 2005 21:13 GMT

>I thought I noticed it at around 5 or 6 miles. The temp gauge shows as
>normal which is 70 degrees C. I can feel warm air I just thought it wasn't
>as hot as I remember it last year.

A year is a long time to remember how something felt. I might be barking up
the wrong tree here but it could be that your thermostat is opening and
because the water is now circulating round the radiator it is a bit cooler
than it was previously. Or it could be that your heater circuit has got a
bit sludged up through not being used or has got an airlock in it. Have you
changed the coolant recently and/or regularly and have you tried bleeding
the system?

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