26-01-2016, 06:31 PM
Hi Everybody, first post on the Berlingo forum other than a quick hello.
I have just replaced the heater matrix on my 07 Berlingo (1.6 16v), Oh what fun that was. I finished on Tuesday, and everything appeared to be ok. No more steamed up windows and heater working fine and no more curry smell.
However, this morning I noticed footwell carpets where wet ? Wife used the car for work, and all windows where steamed up again for drive home. When She arrived home I noticed the familiar curry smell again (though nowhere near as strong as before). I checked the air vents that go into the footwell's through the centre console, they were wet inside, along with the carpets :-( .
I used new rubber seals on the water inlet pipes in the engine bay going into the matrix (greased slightly).
This is obviously a bit of a blow, as it could mean that the new matrix I put in is faulty and leaking, meaning I would have to do the work all over again.
Does any body know if the water inlet pipes have not sealed properly against the matrix in the engine bay, could this allow water to go inside the heater assembly ? I'm not sure how it could, I would have thought it would just leak into the engine bay. Clutching at straws here really, as don't really want to do this job again.
Any help with replies would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Martin
I have just replaced the heater matrix on my 07 Berlingo (1.6 16v), Oh what fun that was. I finished on Tuesday, and everything appeared to be ok. No more steamed up windows and heater working fine and no more curry smell.
However, this morning I noticed footwell carpets where wet ? Wife used the car for work, and all windows where steamed up again for drive home. When She arrived home I noticed the familiar curry smell again (though nowhere near as strong as before). I checked the air vents that go into the footwell's through the centre console, they were wet inside, along with the carpets :-( .
I used new rubber seals on the water inlet pipes in the engine bay going into the matrix (greased slightly).
This is obviously a bit of a blow, as it could mean that the new matrix I put in is faulty and leaking, meaning I would have to do the work all over again.
Does any body know if the water inlet pipes have not sealed properly against the matrix in the engine bay, could this allow water to go inside the heater assembly ? I'm not sure how it could, I would have thought it would just leak into the engine bay. Clutching at straws here really, as don't really want to do this job again.
Any help with replies would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Martin