RE: Heat, or IT's Hot

["Patrick Bureau" <pbureau@home.com>]

The vacuum reservoir is located in the inner fender on the passenger side
front 1/4 panel of the car, you can access it by removing the passenger
front wheel and removing the inner wheel well cover...

Patrick

-----------------------Original Message-----------------------
>From:  The '84 Scirocco
>To:  S. Coleman;vw list
>Date:  5/18/01  10:58 AM
>Subject:  Re: Heat, or IT's Hot
>
>Ok my heater control valve seems to be working ok.  However the fresh air
>flap is open, which I assume is drawing in heat from the engine
compartment?
>Or is it supposed to be open for fresh air?  Either way its not closing,
>I've check the vaccuum hoses which all seem fine.  The acutator will close
>the flap if I do it by hand, but wont stay closed. Hmmmmm
>
>Btw, where the HELL is the vacuum resevoir?  Is it inside the passenger
>front fender?  How to access it?
>
>Greg
>
>
>
>S. Coleman
>
>> 
>> OK,...simplest way of doing this.  Pop the hood on your car.  Stand at
the
>> passenger side fender and look down at the strut tower.   Now look to
your
>> left and you'll see the "drain well".  This drain well may have a plastic
>> (black) *tray that covers up the part you will be looking for.  The
plastic
>> tray is basically held down by that black piece of rubber molding.  Peel
up
>> the rubber molding and you should see how this plastic tray now comes
out.
>> Once out,...Inside this "drain well" you will see a long black plastic
box
>> that has two vacuum connections on the end nearest the passenger fender.
>> You should now see the square *hole* in the box which is where this flap
is.
>> The vacuum connections you see control the open/close feature of this
flap.
>> HTH,
>> Chris
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: The '84 Scirocco <scirocco@macslut.org>
>> To: vw list <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 7:48 PM
>> Subject: Heat, or IT's Hot
>> 
>>> So recently someone asked about engine hot air coming out the vents
>> instead
>>> of fresh air, and I could relate.  I think I followed most of the thread
>>> about the "flap" not opening/closing, but I cannot find said part.  I
>>> believe someone mentioned its near the firewall where the heat comes in.
>>> can someone help me more specifically?  Right now I have the vents
closed,
>>> but it still seems like heat is radiating in from somewhere.
>>> 
>>> Btw, the heat works fine in the car (from the winter), I do have AC but
it
>>> is non-functioning.
>>> 
>>> Greg
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> '84 Scirocco
>>> 
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>>> 
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