Engine temp raising, heater stays cold

[jeroenej9]

Today my ej9 started raising the engine temp, but the heater@max heat stayed cold/luke warm. After a while the temp dropped after i fiddled with the heatercontroles, and the heater became warm. What's wrong with it? Engine or heatercontroles??

Haven't had time to check the coolant.

Any of you got an idea?

[Dodo Bizar]

Straight from the workshop manual.

Firstly, coolant levels still good?

Assuming the blower motor was running well the following items are advised to check:
-Clogged heater duct
-Clogged blower outlet
-Clogged heater valve
-Faulty airmix door
-Heater valve cable adjustment (should not be the case since it worked properly later on)
-Air mix control cable adjustment (uh isn't that the same as above?)
-Faulty cooling system thermostat (should mean cold engine which was not the case?)
-Clogged evaporator (with air conditioning)
-Frozen evaporator (with air conditioning)

[jeroenej9]

Turns out that my radiator is shot, and my coolant level was pretty low.
Just managed to get to the dealer, where my younger brother works.

[Dodo Bizar]

Need a 'new' radiator? I almost have my green EJ9 ready to be disassembled (trunk lid reserved for you!). Fine radiator in there as well.

[jeroenej9]

Well I was considering a alloy rad instead.

Thanks for reserving the trunk lid. Got any pics of the rear bumper, I know you said it's not in good shape. But still better than mine

[Dodo Bizar]

I'll get you some pics this weekend probably (though you can most likely pick it up saterday/sunday if you like), it is only the right 'fender' part which is bend out a small bit... yes it is better and perhaps with a heater you can get it back into shape.