Leaking Heater Matrix

[Galaxy23]

Hello

My gal has a leaking heater matrix.It has been the case for the last 4 years and I have to top the water in the reservoir every 2 weeks.

It has been pressure tested and this was ok but mechanic says that he will need to take all the dash out to get to the heater to replace it.

The cost of a heater is

[chrispb123456]

Hi Paul

Can only suggest try it and see, it may give you a lenthy reprive but is usually only a temporary repair.

[cyborg]

If you remove the tray for the cabin air filter /wipers you can get to two pipes the go to the cabin heater.To join the pipe and bypass heater you need a bit of tube some long nose plyers to bypass the heater for now.Which in my opinion isn't a bad idea for now.In the long run it may save you warping your cylinder head.

 

To replace the heater its not that hard all you do is unscrew two screws which are near the pipes these hold the dash from the inside(if getting a heater from scrappy's dont bother just pull the dash).You don't need to remove steering wheel to remove dash do have a helper to wiggle it out passenger door. The speaker's panel's near small windows just pop out.If you have passenger airbag just remmber to disconnect battery.A competant experianced D.I.Y er will take 2.00 hours to remove dash plastic a lot less if you have a charged eletric screwdriver and on a mission.

 

Fitting the heater matrix itself needs a wibble wobble to get in and out you will need a torq screwdriver.The plastic surroud can be brittle so be careful.

Edited August 9, 2010 by cyborg

[Galaxy23]

Thanks for the replies.

 

Are there any pics available showing how to take dash out ?

 

Thanks,

 

Paul :wacko:

[cyborg]

Thanks for the replies.

 

Are there any pics available showing how to take dash out ?

 

Thanks,

 

Paul :wacko:

 

As it happens i took some photo's when I did mine .I had the extra bit of plastic that goes from heater to dash so when i got annoyed trying to undo screw underneath it wasn't a problem. Until i put extra hole in plastic :(.