dacky20 Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 HELP! HEATER MATRIX? CRACKED HOSE MAYBE HELP! hi, Im new to the supra owners club and have recently purchased a n/a supra the only trouble been is when i was driving down the motor way last night my window all of a sudden steamed up (very quickly) . there was a strong smell in the car also ! maybe coolant Im not sure ! So this morning i was looking round the car and noticed i had wet carpets (passenger side) so i have taken the carpets up and it is quiet wet under there ! ive started the car let it get warm and there was no sign of leaking but when i drove about 30yards the widows steamed up and the dripping in the foot-well commenced again ! Im seriously hoping its not the heater matrix as Ive only had my supra 2weeks lol ! any ideas ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave17 Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Oh dear....sounds like it could possibly be the dreaded heater matrix from what you described....getting any heat out of the heater now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacky20 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 yeh still red hot witch i found strange ? any ideas ? much appreciated thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 yeh still red hot witch i found strange ? any ideas ? much appreciated thanks You would still get heat out of the matrix TILL the water runs out Very high chance that it is your matrix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacky20 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 if it was the matrix would it constantly leak ? because mine is only when i drive ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacky20 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 or apply sum throttle ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacky20 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 can you lock of the heater matrix ? or how much am i looking to replace cheapest ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave17 Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 You can block off the heater matrix yes, there's a couple of threads about it on here, but you won't get any heat. Unfortuantely a blown matrix is expensive and is not a short job at all, über £ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacky20 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 ok thanks ive had a look threw the threads on hear but cant seem to find any picture descriptions in order to no where to block them of ! can you help ? thanks DAVE17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JODY T Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 there are two heater hoses going into the car through the bulkhead.. simply remove them and connect them together, that way no water will enter the matrix... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacky20 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 thanks jody T what i need to no now is were are they i need some sort of diagram as im new to supra's ! do you no of anywhere ? thanks tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacky20 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 hi someone down the road has just said to me to try sum of that liquid seal thats normally for your main radiator he said that should sort do you guys think its worth a shot or is he just taking the biscuit ? thanks again for all your help ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 there are two heater hoses going into the car through the bulkhead.. simply remove them and connect them together, that way no water will enter the matrix... Joining them is not an ideal solution, this has been discussed in much depth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacky20 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 instead of joining them i was going to just capp them of totally ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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