Heater Mod ?

Has anyone here tried the heater mod from this webpage ?

Tried a search but mostly leaky matrix etc, couldn't find any o' you guys mentioning or trying it... ?

Methos.

Do you mean the same one as posted in the General Questions and answers section? The one thats been there for at least 2 years?

or possibly this one - http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f38/freelander-everything-you-need-know-46437.html

Has anyone here tried the heater mod

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Was me question, not how do you do it etc, I was looking for some first hand experience lshort/ong term effects etc...Never mind.........

or possibly this one - http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f38/freelander-everything-you-need-know-46437.html

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Em...thats a link to the same page i asked about, where on there does it say hey i tried that and it did/didn't fook my ird.. ?

A simple "yes it works" "no its ****e" would have been quicker for ya to type too...no ?

Methos said:

Was me question, not how do you do it etc, I was looking for some first hand experience lshort/ong term effects etc...Never mind.........

Em...thats a link to the same page i asked about, where on there does it say hey i tried that and it did/didn't fook my ird.. ?

A simple "yes it works" "no its ****e" would have been quicker for ya to type too...no ?

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put yer handbag away he was only trying to help

As usual with these things - if someone has done the mod - and it works - they rarely come back with "fantastic mod - must do it". The absence of replies might mean either it works or no-one has tried. How about you making the first reply?

maybe MHM was just seeing if you had looked on this site before posting an external link?

pariah said:

A How about you making the first reply?

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Will do, I'm waiting on a length of 16mm pipe coming, local sources would only sell it by the 50m drum all the rest had nothing close to that size only the little 5/10mm etc.

Watch out for a post "Heater Mod works great" followed quickly by "Anyone got a cheap IRD and a pair of thermal socks for sale"

hi methos . . . .yes the mod works just fine a vast improvement , but the td4's did not suffer the same. . . . .

pariah said:

The absence of replies might mean either it works or no-one has tried. How about you making the first reply?

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Ok got the pipe and and made up the stoppers/bungs today, all fitted, bled etc... heater effect...a bit meh at best really....

Do you think maybe theres something up with my matrix, or is it just a hippo has crappy heating period...

On me Golf, and most other cars I've owned/driven you could cook food if you turned it up full...

Pipes going into and coming from the matrix are nice and hot so gotta be something wrong with the matrix core you think ?

Methos.

The early freelanders were especially crap wi the heaters, so i would say that is the problem..if ya want you could give the whole system a flush through..might help..keep us informed , as i have been thinking of giving this a go..
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Tatooboo said:

give the whole system a flush through..might help..keep us informed , as i have been thinking of giving this a go..
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I gave the whole system a flush out this morning refilled and bled it again, still the same meh heat as before, water is flowing nicely so don't think its an air lock etc, but that its just as you said and the heaters are crap, ours is a 2000 Xdi 20TD

Guess its gloves and thermal socks instead

I always thought the heater on ours were effective. Certainly didn;t notice any difference between the TD4 and the L-series. I remember going off roading with a bunch of Defenders when there was ice on the puddles... THey were all wrapped up in hats, scarves and down jackets, we were in t-shirts!

Untill the missus took ours through a fair flood and put the wave up onto the windscreen. The n/s heater air intake would have taken on board quite a lot of water and since then it's been rather poor! was hoping it might sort it self out over the last year, but looking as if we need to give it a bit of TLC!

Cheers

Blippie