Corrado Heating Matrix

[Ian Simpson 10]

Hi All,

 

I'm a new member from Scotland up in Aberdeen.

I was wondering if anyone has replaced the Heating Matrix in their Corrado and if it is a hard / time consuming job to carry out?

 

I still need to investigate to see if it is actually the heating matrix, but i'm gathering it is.

As the car started using a lot of water, then i found the driver side floor flooded.

 

Any thoughts / help with this would be much appreciated.

 

Thanks Ian

[Stella 0]

Hi Ian

When I started researching for my C, that seemed to be the first thing people warned me about, water in footwell means heater martix, i think it might be a nightmare as you have to take out the steering column/ dash.

x

[_Meth 0]

It is possible to do it with the dash in, just very fiddly.

 

There is a great guide on here somewhere, and on the canada site.

 

In all honesty i think everyone on here has had a matrix to do at some point, was the firstthing i did to mine! Im amazed theres any left without new matrixes by now lol

[Ian Simpson 10]

Hi Stella

 

Thanks for the reply, Yea i kind of thought as much. Hopefully i should manage to carry out this myself.

 

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Hi Meth,

 

Thanks for the tip i'll have a search for the guide and hopefully get it sorted out.

[Stella 0]

Think mine needs doing to along with many other things!!!

 

Yours looks ace too, check out mine too :) I love my car but did get major funny looks when I pulled up at school, I am the coolest teacher !!

[Southie 10]

The guide can be found here

 

Ifs not a difficult job and looks worse than it is, just fiddly and time consuming

[Ian Simpson 10]

Cheers for that Southie,

 

I'm out in Baku for 6 weeks of work, so will get that sorted when i get home.

 

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Defo the coolest teacher in your Corrado, love it

[Stella 0]

That guide is fantastic but wouldn't dare attempt that, how much do you think it would cost to get done?

Where is Baku?

[owen g60 10]

i must be one of the few who has never had the matrix replaced :D Its about the only bit that has worked throughout the last 20 years of its life with no replacing

[Portent 0]

i must be one of the few who has never had the matrix replaced :D Its about the only bit that has worked throughout the last 20 years of its life with no replacing

That's tempting fate a little.

[owen g60 10]

Well it's about the only thing I haven't had to do yet... Keep an eye on my build thread for a cosworth FMIC coming in the next few weeks

[Grim1 1]

Seems like a daunting task, but in all honesty. I'd just say, make sure you have lots of sticky labels and plenty of patience and you'll be fine.

Me n the missus did the one in my old C, probably took us about 10 hours in all (with a weeks gap waiting for a new black dash to arrive), start to finish.

As we took the dash out, we labelled every switch/wire etc so we knew where it went when we had to reconnect it all.

 

It is handy having a spare pair of hands though. If you'd been local,

I'd have offered to give you a hand.

 

 

 

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[Ian Simpson 10]

You can get the heating matrix core for around £20, so its just a case of my own time doing the job.

Baku is out in Azerbaijan. Got 3 weeks off when i get back so the car should be up and running again.

 

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My Mate is going to give me a hand when i get back, he is a big VW head and carries out nearly all the repairs on his cars himself.

so hopefully he'll keep me right.

 

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Will keep a eye out for the build, the G60 engine in mine is out and replaced with a Audi S3 engine.

The car is running at around 365bhp at the fly wheel and 315 at the wheels.