Heater Problem

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Originally Posted by stickboy101

I found that both hoses bend toward the driver's side, go through a foil/insulation wrap, and then they come up right under the brake fluid reservoir. They run together side by side until they come up below the reservior. Then they split. One goes toward the engine (there is a joint right there). The other goes to a joint along-side the coolant reservoir.

stickboy101:

Thank you. I did see the lines going down into the foil insulator and they appeared to come up towrds the brake reservoir/master cylinder. However, I was not positive if those were still the heater lines. There is a lot of engine in this compartment.

I hope to try it out tonight as we are expecting temps in the 30's overnight and it is getting cold on the motorcycle.

Thanks a bunch.

As for the fuel rail, I did a repair similar to yours and need to get the recall work completed.

[VFRDYLAN]

Originally Posted by stickboy101

I unhooked them at those joints and was then able to stick the hose up in the air, out of the engine compartment. It makes it easy to spray the water hose into it. Stick the other hose down, so that the waste water goes down to the ground (try to miss as many engine components as possible, but if some stuff gets wet, its ok). Spray water until it comes out clear on the other hose, then switch hoses and spray through the other way. Start with low water pressure and gradually spray the water harder. Once the water runs clear out of both hoses, hook it all back up. My biggest problem was getting the hoses unhooked in the first place. A good pair of channel locks should do the trick, but those hose clamps are a pain. As I said before, when I first sprayed water in there, all this green, gooey, slime came out the other hose. It was like molasses. After this project is done, keep an eye on your coolant level. It shouldn't drop that much, but it will have to work out the air bubbles that got in the lines when you are hooking it all back up.

I hope this helps. I thought it would take forever to do, but except for unhooking the hoses, it took less than an hour, and I'm slow. I had instant heat when I took it for a spin afterward.

LEt me know if it fixes the problem.

stickboy101,

Sucess !!! I follwed the above instructions and it worked like a charm. Instant heat. A great thing considering we got our first snow on Friday night and the defroster is key to being able to see.

Thank you for your help. This forum is an excellent source for tech tips and DIY'ers.