Hey guys
so it is 8deg c here today, I drove about 15 minutes, did not have time to fiddle with the heat but I set it to 80 deg F dont ask me what that is in C i have no idea lol so anyways, no heat was coming on, i tried lots of things when I was idling and nothing worked, but when I drove off again I set it to defrots/feet then it started working again. I have no idea if I have an issue with my heating or I did something wrong.

What is a good way to test the heating system, apparently either it is F'ed or I am not doing something right so rather than guess I am asking. THANKS

 

Have you checked your coolant level? Mine did the same thing when my water pump was leaking.

 

yeah my radiator is leaking a bit, but i am topping up all the time. maybe i need to check again.

 

so same problem today, no heat then after a while it came on, when I stopped the car, it stopped working then did not come on again.... any of the symptoms sound like something more than radiator or coolant issue?

 

Have you checked for AC codes?

 

i went and added more coolant and i think that fixed the problem. Shall monitor and post back THANKS guys

 

It's probably a combination of low coolant along with air in the system. Once you fix the leak, a simple system bleed should do the trick!

 

yeah that sounds about right, I will update once i get it done, so people who might have similar issues will know

 

So i had the radiator replaced with one from koyorad http://www.koyorad.com/ they seem to be a good brand, so I went with that. Will let you guys know how it turns out. so far so good.