yes fords (kas and fiesta suffered with the heater valve) i used to work for ford and replaced loads! but the mk4 does not have a heater valve...
car is STILL at vw! 6 days now,
they say my water pump impellar had broken off, no proof yet tho.... i might ask to see it when i eventually pick the car up! it seems that even tho the coolent is not being pumped around the engine it was still was flowing around the engine quite nicely which is why it would not overheat... strange one, went for a sneaky look last night and the car is outside in customer parking so i might get it back tomorrow. thing is im back to work tomorrow so picking it up is a problem..
hopefully its outside because its ready for me to collect it!