My "scirocco" is missing...

[nlowe79 at gmail.com (Nate Lowe)]

On 2/16/06, Calimus <calimus@techography.net> wrote:
>
> Mine is kinda like that.  Matter of fact, the only time the wife wouldn't
> steal my rocco (she has her own now) was durring the winter.  Maybe I've
> just gotten used to it?
>
> Anyway, best I've attributed it to is possibly a gummed up heater core.
> Then again, the only time (in the colder months) that my rocco's water
> temp
> even gets near the half-way mark is after coming off the highway and
> sitting
> at a red light.  Sit long enough, it might make it to 3/4.  Start moving,
> back to 1/4.  I do have about 4 very small holes in my t-stat though for
> bleeding purposes.  My radiator is only a year old, but the heater core is
> original.
>
> If you dig into this soon, let me know whats up.  I'll be tearing down my
> rocco soon.  Hand't thought about tearing into the dash, but now that
> you've
> brought this up, I might just have to.
>
> William
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allyn" <amalventano1@tds.net>
> To: "'scirocco list'" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 11:38 PM
> Subject: My "scirocco" is missing...
>
>
> > ...the "hot wind" type, that is. For some reason the heat in the rieger
> is
> quite
> > lacking. I'm used to sciroccos having flamethrower-style heat, but I'm
> barely
> > getting luke-warm air from the center vent. I have verified the heater
> valve is
> > being actuated, coolant temp takes about 4-5 minutes of driving to reach
> the
> > center, and the thermostat had only two thin (1/8" x 1/16") slots
> dremeled
> into
> > the disc to allow air bleed during initial fill. The heat is wimpy while
> in
> > motion, non-existant while at a light (idle), and seems to temporarily
> get
> kinda
> > hot only after launching after a few minutes of idle time (it tapers off
> > quickly).
> >
> > Anyone else experience similar symptoms?
> >
> > TIA
> > Al
> >
> >
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> I have the same problem, but I think mine has more to do with the cold
> weather outside (not THAT cold, I'm in Maryland) and the fact that I'm also
> running an external oil cooler. Once the water/oil temp warms up, I've good
> good heat, but with the winter temps outside it doesn't usually reach that
> temp during normal driving (when I can acutally drive it... I hate salted
> roads). I would think though, that even though it's not getting quite as up
> to temp as in summer, it's still getting reasonably close (as indicated by
> the guages) but still the heat is very lacking. Not sure why, heater valve
> is being actuated, water temp is coming close to the middle, and oil temps
> come just above 80C (winter time, closer to 100C in the summer). It should
> have plenty of heat to provide for the cabin, but for some reason it's not
> and I don't know why.
>