WOT no heat??!!

[Onge]

Westway in west london are VW specialists (Tel 020 8577 5669) Based in Heston. They will be able to sort it, they usually collect and deliver the car aswel.

I had heater matrix problems in my MK2 16v, firstly it started leaking water, so i turned the heat off which seemed to stop the leak. I left it for a couple of months, then one day on my way to work, while stuck at a set of trafic lights the steam burst out all over the inside of the windscreen and out of the dashboard  - not good. After that i got the matrix bi-passed. It was freezing in winter, and the window kept misting up ever couple of minutes - very annoying. I'd get the matrix replaced if i was to do it again.         Good luck

[Jon16]

Thanks for the tip Onge. I take it you've had a good experience with these Westway guys... Maybe I should get the safety recall work done first and then get the matrix sorted.

[rubjonny]

Another thing you might want to look at before going to all that trouble, check the flaps on the heat exchanger and the cables/cogs etc to make sure that a) they are all in one piece as the foam can deteriorate and b) they move properly as sometimes a little cog that moves the flaps can fall off.

Easiest way to realign is to put both knobs to the far right and move the flaps to where they should be then hook them up again.

[Onge]

No probs mate,

Did you get the matrix sorted?

[Dizzie]

i've got a spare mk2 matrix  

[eightvalve]

If you ever wondered about the details of the VW recall for the heat exchanger, it can be found here (along with ALL VW RECALLS) on the VOSA website:

http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/apps/recalls/searches/search.asp?cboStartMonth=1&cboStartYear=1980&cboEndMonth=1&cboEndYear=2010&cboMake=VW&cboModel=GOLF&cboSortOrder=rec_launch_date&cboAscDesc=ASC&PageSize=10&Search=Search