On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 22:17:30 GMT, "Chris Aseltine"
<ophidian@newsnation.com> wrote:

>Is there any way this can be adjusted (by the dealer, or anyone?)
>
>Even at the highest setting, the air coming out of the vents is not very
>hot - "pretty warm" at best. It seems much cooler than I've seen in other
>cars.
>
>Recently it was around 5-10 degrees F here, and when using outside air, the
>heater air was barely hot at all. The only way to even make the car
>comfortably warm was to use "recirculate" to reheat the cabin air, but this
>fogs up the windows. The solution there I suppose is to use the A/C also
>but this wastes gas, especially in the winter!
>
>Any ideas? I know the engine runs around 195F, so there's got to be a way
>to heat up that air a little more before it comes out the vents.

Three things: 1) it could be that the door in the heater box is not opening
properly because the cable needs adjusting; or 2) the cable to the heater
valve needs adjusting and the valve is not getting fully opened; or 3) the
engine is not actually getting up to operating temp because of a flakey
thermostat.

The heater valve under the hood is easy to check - it's near the firewall
where the heater hoses go through - just make sure it's fully open when the
heater control is on max temp. I haven't seen that model but the cable for
the heater box door is probably on the passenger side of the box - make
sure it's anchored properly with the spring clip and check its movement as
you operate the temp control.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??