[elky] Re: Heat Control
- From: Robert Adams <elcam84@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:33:45 -0500
Anything off of full cold on the lever will open
the heater valve. Do your cooling adjustments with the fan speed.
Robert Adams
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Jared Ryan <jryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When I have the A/C compressor on (in NORM or MAX position), if I move the
> temperature slider away from "COLD", more than about 1/4", the air coming
> from the vents gets HOT very quickly and I have to move the slider back all
> the way to "COLD."
>
> Either the cable needs to be adjusted, or there is a plastic piece on the
> blend door that is broken. Adjusting the cable is fairly easy, but if there
> is a broken piece, does anyone know which one it is, what it is called, and
> how hard it is to find one?
>
> What seems to be happening is when I move the slider from "COLD", the
> heater valve under the hood opens (it is either fully open or closed,
> controlled by vacuum), but the blend door is not closed all the way, so I
> get a big dose of hot air. The door must be open quite a bit, because the
> air is hot enough to overwhelm the cold air that's coming out of the
> evaporator coil.
>
> At any rate, I'll find out what's up when I go to adjust the cable, but I
> wondered if anyone was familiar with the plastic pieces that may be broken
> that would keep the blend door from working as intended.
>
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