Hi all

Just bought myself a lovely little V reg banger for under 300 quid to get me to and from work.

All seems nice so far apart from the common hot air only from the dash issue.

I’m no mechanic but I have some decent tools, determination and I can also read, so I’m not too bad at simple stuff.

At first I planned to swap the heater control valve with an OE replacement, but after running the car for a couple of days now I’ve noticed that the issue is intermittent. Unlike other threads I’ve read on the www where the poster has either permanently hot OR permanently cold air, mine seems to only get stuck on hot half way through my commute to work which is about 10 miles.

The car itself seems fine, temperature gauge sits bang on the centre point, never a mm past that, even after thrashing it up and down the motorway for a bit.

I've checked the hoses and wiring - nothing obvious there.

I'm not too bothered with a Yorkshire winter around the corner for me, but if it makes it though it's next MOT in April without too much work, I'm personally in for the hottest British summer on record.

For what it’s worth, the car has been pretty well looked after and has only done 71k.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Edited by Westpit on 12/08/2014 at 12:00