Hello everyone. I am another follower of this thread. Similar story to you all. I am about to start changing the expensive stuff and was hoping some of you might be able to sharpen the direction in which I should start.
My situation.
Car is Seat Leon mk3 2 liter TDI 184
Dual zone climate control.
I changed the bottle cap then the bottle before looking for more information and finding this place.
Little heat out of the vents when the car is hot and the heating is on max. I'm in Ireland. Righthand drive. The far right vent emits the most heat. Tapers off quickly between the other three, running right to left.
Coolant bottle expels it's contents now and then. Probably during dpf regen. I can't say for sure though. If I stop the car and it goes into active regen, I pop the bonnet and release the pressure in the expansion tank. That tends to help coolant loss.
Oil temperature reached 104c this morning on my 25min drive to work. I dove easy but in 3rd gear, keeping the revs around 3k.
Manual says normal temps are 80 to 120c.
After reading here I took my car to get the heating matrix back flushed. My mechanic said he got a strong flow and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
The other day he contacted Seat. They mentioned the heating matrix and he told them what he thought of the condition of mine. So they told him to change the two circulation pumps. Both costing around €215. They are slightly different pumps.
I don't mind changing both of them but would rather not waste €215 if I don't need to.
Does anyone have any advice?
Is the next step to change both pumps?
Should I change the pump that feeds the heating matrix first and see how it works out?
Or should I be looking elsewhere?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
My situation.
Car is Seat Leon mk3 2 liter TDI 184
Dual zone climate control.
I changed the bottle cap then the bottle before looking for more information and finding this place.
Little heat out of the vents when the car is hot and the heating is on max. I'm in Ireland. Righthand drive. The far right vent emits the most heat. Tapers off quickly between the other three, running right to left.
Coolant bottle expels it's contents now and then. Probably during dpf regen. I can't say for sure though. If I stop the car and it goes into active regen, I pop the bonnet and release the pressure in the expansion tank. That tends to help coolant loss.
Oil temperature reached 104c this morning on my 25min drive to work. I dove easy but in 3rd gear, keeping the revs around 3k.
Manual says normal temps are 80 to 120c.
After reading here I took my car to get the heating matrix back flushed. My mechanic said he got a strong flow and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
The other day he contacted Seat. They mentioned the heating matrix and he told them what he thought of the condition of mine. So they told him to change the two circulation pumps. Both costing around €215. They are slightly different pumps.
I don't mind changing both of them but would rather not waste €215 if I don't need to.
Does anyone have any advice?
Is the next step to change both pumps?
Should I change the pump that feeds the heating matrix first and see how it works out?
Or should I be looking elsewhere?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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