The stove is leaking vaz 2114. The only solution is a leaking faucet stove

Hello friends. I want to share my experience with you! As many of the owners of the 8-15 VAZ family know. Very unpleasant and ... sore, namely the faucet of the stove! Judging by my experience, this is not very reliable and I would say an unnecessary detail! For 6 years of owning a car and 152 thousand of its mileage, I replaced three cranes. Zavodskoy lived for about 3 years (mileage of about 75 thousand km.). He was replaced by a ceramic crane company LUZAR, which lived for about a year (Mileage about 35 thousand km.). Then he replaced it with a YVVA crane, also ceramic. He lived for 1.5 years with a range of 35 thousand km. (Jammed in the spring in the open position. As it turned out, when it was disassembled, a rubber o-ring popped out and was bitten by a flap.) ()
Even with the last replacement, studying the Internet, I thought to delete this part. Put just a fitting! So many do. Or there was another interesting option: put a new crane, lock it in the open position (do not connect the rod). But since this happened in the winter, there was no warm garage and no time for experiments, I set it up as it was. Hoping that YVVA will be better! Alas, she did not live up to my expectations! After the spring jammed in the open position. (Visually there were no smudges of antifreeze on the tap). There was no urgent need to change the faucet, so I decided to ride like that, to see how it would be in the heat with an open faucet (Will hot air blow from the deflectors and blow hot air around my legs). But, to my surprise, there wasn’t any discomfort! The damper did an excellent job! Yes, the hoses going to the radiator were hot, but they did not affect the temperature in the cabin. Then the idea arose of removing the Crane from the system!
After reading the information about this, how and what people do (there is even seen in YouTube). I started the preparation! He talked about the conceived father-in-law. He happily (fitted) fittings that were suitable for me (He also had interesting ideas for reworking the stove in his car, but they never came true, in connection with the sale of the car.) Having collected everything I needed, I started work!

Necessary fittings!

How the frame used the gasket from the LUZAR crane.

I used a barrel and a gun to connect them.

So it happened!

Installed by placing nuts and washers under the mounting bolts to maintain the distance between the frame and the body!

Alas, the fittings began to fall into the holes in the body. The frame bent and loosely fixed the fittings (the hoses bent out (((). I decided to temporarily leave it so that I would come up with another option for fixing the fittings (more rigid and reliable). This was not a good idea, because the idea was delayed, and on the weekend there were showers (puddles in some places were knee-deep, I just had to swim on them) and the field of these trips was flooded with a salon (There were puddles under the rugs, in the literal sense there was water!) I think if I did it right at once, this wasn’t .
I had to completely disassemble the interior. While it was drying (About a week). Invented and manufactured a new insert instead of a tap. The basis was taken from the wound of the replaced LUZAR crane.

My former crane is LUZAR.

We dismantle the crane itself:

We take a suitable sheet of tin and circle the disassembled half of the crane with a small margin of 3-4 mm.

Something like this.

I got a sheet of tin from my profile, probably about 1 mm thick.

We mark and drill holes.

Carefully cut the workpiece. I cut iron with scissors.

Here's what happened.

The heater tap in VAZ-2114 cars is one of the weakest points in the cooling system. It breaks down so often that most car owners, gaining experience, without any problems independently change it to a new one. Why it fails, as well as how to replace the heater valve VAZ-2114 step by step, we will talk in this article.

What is and why is a heater tap needed

This element is a locking device designed to control the flow of coolant through a heating radiator. In the hot season, when the heater, as a rule, is not used, the driver closes the tap, and hot antifreeze or antifreeze go around it, without heating the pumped or freely circulating air in the cabin. In cold weather, on the contrary, the device opens, making way for the coolant to the “stove”. Here is a simple way to regulate the climate in the cabin VAZ-2114.

The crane is driven by a cable from the control lever located on the center console of the car. This lever is indicated by a long red arrow below.

Breakdown reasons

The reasons for the failure of the crane are only two:

• sticking (souring) of the working parts of the locking mechanism to the housing or to each other;
• violation of the tightness of the body (leak).

Given that its design is non-separable, in any of these cases it will be necessary not just repair, but a complete replacement of the heater crane VAZ-2114.

How to determine if a tap is broken

It’s easy to diagnose a breakdown. In the first case, its cause is the oxidation of the elements of the locking mechanism. This leads to the fact that he simply stops moving in any direction.

When you try to move the crane control lever, it will not budge. Trying to break the mechanism, using force, is fraught with a breakdown of the lever, a broken cable or mechanical damage to the crane itself.

The violation of the tightness of the device is the cause of the failure of the seals, which for the most part are made of ordinary rubber, which reacts with both antifreeze and antifreeze. To understand that the tap is leaking, you will be helped by a pool of coolant on the front passenger foot mat or an oily white coating on the windshield, which is its evaporation. But in this case, you will need to make sure that it was the faucet that flowed, and not the “stove” radiator or pipe itself.

Choose a crane

Today, in car dealerships, you can purchase three types of shut-off devices for the heater:

• standard (ordinary regular crane from VAZ) with a metal locking mechanism and a rubber membrane;
• ball (with a locking mechanism in the form of a movable ball with a hole);
• ceramic (has a locking mechanism of 2 ceramic plates).

You will not be recommended to install a standard crane by any of the auto repairmen. It will not last long, and the price does not differ much from the modernized models. Replacing the heater crane VAZ-2114 with a ball valve will allow it to work for a little longer, but it will not completely solve the problem, since its locking mechanism is also metal.

Ceramic devices have proven themselves best. They have a plastic case and a ceramic mechanism that is not amenable to oxidative processes. Such a device will work long enough if the seals do not fail.

Below is a table of models of heater valves for VAZ-2114 vehicles with an indication of the manufacturer, catalog number and type of locking mechanism.

Manufacturer	Catalogue number	Locking Material
		Ceramics
		Ceramics
"Road map"		Ceramics
Tsn-Citron

What should be at hand

In order for the replacement of the heater crane VAZ-2114 not to take much time, it is better to prepare the necessary tools and tools in advance. We will need:

In addition, the car will need to be installed on a "hole" or on a flyover.

Preparing for the replacement process

Having driven the car to the overpass, we open the hood, unscrew the plug of the radiator filler neck and the plug in the expansion tank. Next we go under the car. From the bottom on the cylinder block we find a plug for draining the coolant (do not confuse it with a plug for draining the oil on the crankcase). After substituting an empty container, unscrew it with a 13 key and wait until all the liquid has drained.

After that, we get out from under the car and head to the engine compartment. The heater tap will be replaced from the passenger compartment, however first we need to unscrew it from under the hood. In the engine compartment on the passenger side, we find two pipes going into the passenger compartment. This is the inlet and outlet of the crane. Weaken the clamps on them and disconnect them. Near the nozzles there are two studs with thread and nuts. They, in fact, fix the crane. To make it easier to loosen the nuts, we process the studs with anti-rust fluid.

For convenience, when replacing a crane, some masters and car owners completely disassemble the instrument panel. This is not necessary at all. We will tell you how to replace the heater crane VAZ-2114 without removing the panel.

Crane dismantling

Go to the passenger compartment to the front passenger seat. To the left of the passenger’s feet there is a panel cover. It must be removed by unscrewing the screws with a Phillips screwdriver. Now that we have access to the heater radiator cap and faucet, we put a dry rag under them. It is needed in case of leakage of the coolant.

With a cross-shaped screwdriver, weaken the pipe clamps on the locking device and disconnect them.

Further, replacing the heater tap requires disconnecting the drive cable. We take the pliers and, holding the tie rod with them, disconnect the drive cable with a flat screwdriver. After that, we again move to the engine compartment.

With a 10-key, we unscrew the nuts of the crane fastening. Next, we remove the broken locking device from the front passenger side.

Installing a new heater tap

The crane is mounted in the reverse order. First, we attach it to the body, tightening the nuts on the studs, after which we connect the drive cable. Clamps on the nozzles should also be replaced with new ones. Pay attention to the condition of the hoses. If their ends are too stretched or cracks occur, it is better to replace them. If everything is okay with them, connect them to the tap and clamp the clamps with a screwdriver. The panel cover is not in place yet. We will need to check the tightness of the connections with the engine running.

That, in principle, is the whole process. As you can see, replacing the VAZ-2114 heater faucet with your own hands is not such a difficult task.

Completion and leak test

Upon completion of work, we return to the car and tighten the drain plug. After that, pour coolant into the radiator neck, focusing on its level in the expansion tank.

Replacing the heater crane VAZ-2114 requires a thorough check of the tightness of the joints at the end of the repair work, and the master himself will be interested to know how well he worked.

We start the engine and heat it until the radiator fan is turned on. Without turning off the engine, we check for leaks at the connection points in the passenger compartment and under the hood. If everything is normal, we try to close and open the tap by moving the control lever with the heater fan on. In the open position, the air forced into the passenger compartment must be hot. This means that the locking mechanism is open and the coolant passes through the radiator. When closing the tap, cold air should flow. This will indicate that the locking mechanism has blocked the flow of coolant into the radiator of the “stove”.

1. The replacement of the heater crane VAZ-2114 should be carried out in the shortest possible time if its malfunctions are detected. Especially when it comes to coolant leaks. Both antifreeze and antifreeze are toxic!
2. Do not save when choosing a crane. It is better to take a good proprietary model that is not amenable to oxidation and use it for 5 years than annually buy a device of dubious quality and origin.
3. Do not use cheap coolants - the duration of the work of not only the crane, but also the entire cooling system depends on their composition.
4. If the faucet has leaked and there is an odor of antifreeze or antifreeze in the cabin, and there is an oily coating on the glass, do not be lazy to wash and dry the mats or carpet, and also wipe the glass with an alcohol solution.
5. If the process described above seems complicated to you, it is better to contact a car service.

VAZ 2114 stove crane, like on many other cars, it is designed to shut off and supply hot antifreeze to the small circuit of the cooling system. The technical health and condition of this part, just like the heating system as a whole, depends on the operating conditions and the quality of the coolant. And the heater faucet itself should be, preferably, not a factory model. We will try to answer the most important questions on this topic ...

The device of the crane stove VAZ

The principle of operation of the device

The heater faucet serves as a tool for controlling the flow of coolant that flows through the radiator of the so-called stove. It is opened with the onset of cold weather, when there is a need to warm up the windshield and interior. Passing through the radiator, the working medium heats the air pumped by the fan. In the warmer months, there is no need for additional heating, so the tap must be shut off.

It is easy to control the flow of warm air when the system is working: in winter, to open the faucet, it is enough to move the lower lever to the right on the climate control panel in the cabin (“red zone”). Accordingly, in the summer, in order to block it, you need to turn the tap to the left ("blue zone"). We should not forget that we also need a stove in the summer. At this time, it serves for ventilation. The damper that blocks the flow of coolant in a small circle through the radiator or bypassing it, is actuated by a cable from the lever on the panel.

Where is the stove crane on the VAZ 2114

The place where the faucet is located stove VAZ 2114 or VAZ 2109

In order to see the location of the heating tap on the VAZ 2114, just remove the right side trim at the bottom under the center console at the front passenger’s feet. You will see it on the partition with the engine compartment, there are 2 more pipes coming up to it. In some cases, to understand the nature of the breakdown of the faucet of the stove on the Samara, you can crawl from the driver’s side as well (after removing the side plastic cover from the dashboard and removing the mat). But note that when dismantling you will also need to find its location and in the engine compartment, under the steering rack. By the way, it’s more convenient to get from the bottom of the car, since you have to unscrew a couple of nuts of the fastening nuts (located near the exhaust pipe, in the vicinity of the oxygen sensor) with the “10” key and remove the two inlet pipes.

Leak of a new faucet stove vaz from under the damper

How to understand that the tap is drip

The main symptom that the stove faucet is dripping is characteristic smell in the cabin   and puddle under the rug front passenger. What is true, a similar situation can arise in the case of a leaky heater radiator. So if you saw, then first of all check these two elements of the cooling system. As a rule, traces of antifreeze leakage on the faucet can be seen with the naked eye, just remove the plastic cover. Also, in some cases, the leak from the faucet can be observed visually, but for this you will first have to get to it, and then move the shutter by the cable (this situation may even occur on a new, but defective part). When the problem with the valve is only at an early stage, the symptom that it is time to replace it is the poor operation of the heater (when the damper is fully open, it blows barely warm or vice versa). This situation occurs if the tap is stuck in one position or passes (under-closes).

The reasons for the breakdown of the heating tap

Of the entire cooling system, the heater crane VAZ 2114 is the most vulnerable part. Moreover, problems most often occur with the onset of cold weather. It is here that one of the reasons for the failure of the heating tap lies: in the summer we we don’t use it, it “soups”   and requires repair.

The most common reasons for the failure of the heating crane VAZ 2114:

The technical condition of the tap, as well as the entire heating system, depends on the state of the coolant. There are too many fakes on the market that have a very negative effect on the operation of the stove of the machine.

One of the reasons for the failure of the faucet and the heating system as a whole may be poor quality coolant. Do not take anything! Shop at trusted stores.

But in addition to the quality of the liquid and materials, there are other factors affecting the quick exit of their crane system. Therefore, at the end of the article we will give some useful tips that allow you to extend his life or notice a malfunction in a timely manner so as not to freeze in the winter. Well, for now, let's pay attention to the choice of the faucet of the stove for the second-generation VAZ Samara - VAZ 2113, 2114 and 2115, or the first one - 2108 and 2109.

Which heater tap to choose

The ceramic faucet of the company YAVVA is, according to the majority, the highest quality.

For models VAZ-2113-2114-15, a single crane from 2108 is suitable. From the conveyor, the car is not equipped with the best quality spare part, since the membrane tap is completely plastic. True, and analogues have not gone far. So, the opinions of many auto repair shops about which crane crane to choose for the VAZ 2114 and other Samar models differ. Some claim that it’s not worth overpaying and just buy an ordinary plastic one. Others, that ceramic is still able to go a little longer than 50 thousand km (approximately such a resource of a standard heating tap), and if there is no way to install a ball valve, then it is better. And the third ones advise to remake the system altogether in order to put the whole thing under the hood, and then put an ordinary water tap to forget about the problem of leakage forever. Therefore, we will look at what manufacturers offer us, what is the price of a heater tap, and decide what is best for your “four” tap.

Plastic membrane (original)

The machine is factory-fitted with a standard coolant control valve 21080-8101150-00 , which has only one, and even then a dubious plus: low price. But you have to pay these 60 rubles again and again, every season - the flow begins where the flow control axis stands. So given the problems that you have to face due to the failure of the car heating tap, it is worth considering more reliable options. Although to a greater extent the quality of the membrane valve of the stove depends on the manufacturer, and there may be several. For example, the standard plastic heater tap for the VAZ 2108 produces DAAZ, moreover, in several packages (one of them is specially for AvtoVAZ). But besides them on the shelves of shops you can also find such budget ones as: Aroki and Grand RiAl. So the problem of insecurity may lie precisely in an unscrupulous manufacturer.

Ceramic heating tap

Ceramic Luzar and ball-shaped Chance-auto heater taps for VAZ 2108-14-15 from an average price category and the same quality.

Of all the options listed, this one is the leader in popularity. But do not think that this is an obvious choice. He quite often fails no less than the standard one, and he only grabs it for a couple of seasons. It is chosen solely due to the fact that the ceramic curtain, inside the locking mechanism, keeps hermetically closed. This ends the advantages, disadvantages, like the previous one, are also not deprived. Firstly, this is a higher cost compared to the factory and ball models. Secondly, the throughput in this embodiment is lower than the ball. Thirdly, there is a lot of marriage, and either at the junction, or from under the lever (damper axis), a leak will soon begin to appear. Moreover, most often it is the last trouble that is the reason for the replacement. And all due to the fact that the factory does not have quality, they make a hole for the stem and the rubber bands are quickly erased. If reducing the incoming heat is not critical for you, and the presence of a share of high-quality parts is not scary, you can also purchase a ceramic heating tap.

The situation with them is exactly the same as with the standard ones, different manufacturers - different quality. According to the reviews of many car owners, VAZ 2108, 2109 and 2113-15 are looking for Ulyanovsk JAVA   (part code 2108-8101150-12 ) which will cost 350 rubles, because it has good equipment (fastening nuts, washers, O-rings), an aluminum case, and ceramic insides. Although the market is also present LUZAR LV0108   (100 p. cheaper, but not much satisfied with the quality, since it lasts for 2, or even less), modified Pramo   (21088101150P), quite expensive Pekar   (costs about 500 rubles), and also Polish Avrora   (HV-LA2108) and very budget TSN   852 (there are even more quality problems than luzar’s).

Ball valve for radiator

Already a more suitable detail, if you focus on the ratio of "price-quality". On the ball valve of the radiator (cat. 2108-8101150-14 ) the price is slightly higher than the standard model, but the quality is higher, but compared to ceramic, it’s even cheaper. However, a relatively high susceptibility to acidification is also observed here.

The market represents only a couple of manufacturers of such faucets: Ulyanovsk ( Simbirsky Foundry Alloy) and Chance Auto. One of the main disadvantages of the ball valve of the SLS is that it is very difficult to transfer it from the closed state to the “open” position. And this, in turn, negatively affects the stops in the plastic mechanism of the drive of the dampers and the crane in the places of attachment of the cables. Owners of "Samar" will surely encounter such a problem even with regular efforts. So most likely you will have to modify it, but the wall thickness of the pipe and the quality of the plastic inspire confidence. But the axis, although it staggers a little, but the ball rotates in plastic inserts, and it holds very tightly. What is true, like ceramic, will eventually flow along the lever sleeve.

Water tap in a car

Yes, and this method has a right to exist. Someone considers this an unnecessarily simple solution to the issue, while someone has been using it without problems for a long time. Below we will consider this option in more detail.

Prevention of breakage of a crane VAZ 2114

Adding a few useful tips will help to extend the life of the heater tap.

In order not to let the faucet sour, it is necessary periodically shift the closing / opening lever   faucet from one position to another. This problem is especially relevant when changing seasons, when you traveled open all winter and shut off the supply in summer. By the way, in the heat or when you have to move in low gears, in order to avoid engine overheating, it is recommended to open the faucet of the stove (move the control lever to the "red zone"), but completely close the air damper to prevent heat from the radiator from entering the passenger compartment.

Finalization of the heater faucet

On some faucets (in particular, very often these are Luzar and YAVVA), not only the shut-off mechanism of the feed shut-off itself can break, but the plastic tube can burst, so that the crane lasts longer, you can choose the diameter and stick in an extra tube. Recently, such a through tube is already in the box from Luzar and it is made of brass. In the opinion of many experienced car owners, it does not make sense to install a YAVVA faucet without modification - the passage pipe is flattened. And in its through tube it is necessary in any case to establish the length (thin-walled) tube with an external diameter of 15 mm.

Just needless to say, necessary regular routine inspection   nodes - timely detection of malfunctions not only minimizes your expenses, but also saves your health and your passengers from danger, since antifreeze vapors are very toxic!

Repair of the VAZ 2114 crane

As a rule, faucets are not repairable and, if they are acidic, leaking, or when the lever changes, the desired result does not occur - they are changed. So much faster than trying to repair. But what if there is no way to buy a new crane, and the problem has already occurred? Then there is only one way out - to try to repair the heater control valve. When the fluid runs out from under the rod, you, of course, are unlikely to be able to somehow eliminate it, because pick up the bushings or grind a new rod and o-rings under the force of units. But if the through pipe bursts or shrinks, then installing a diameter tube in it and lubricating it with sealant will help for some time.

In the case when we are dealing with plastic, the cause of the leak is a damaged rubber membrane, the problem is also fixable, although not simple. It is necessary to remove the tap from the heater and disassemble it. You will have two details: the case itself and the cover with a cone and cuff. To remove the cover from the housing, it is necessary to cut the roll band from the side of the cover. The easiest way to do this is with an electric drill, in the cartridge of which you fasten a chisel or a scraper.

Where to loosen the clamps

Next, we have to make a flare. To do this, drill 4 holes through (size from 0.1 to 3 mm.). This should be done strictly along the edge of the rolling. Do not bend the drill to the middle of the cover. In case this happens, further work on the repair of the VAZ 2114 crane will be greatly complicated due to damage to the sealing girdle located on the landing surface of the cuff in the housing.

The next step is to drill a rivet, which is in the cone, remove the shabby cuff and the rest of the rivet. You get a hole where you need to make the M4 thread.

The new cuff can be cut out of the car camera (preferably from the truck). The heater tap must be in the closed position. Next, you need to cut along the contour of the cover (top), making four holes for the fasteners, at their location (along the edges and in the middle).

A new cuff with a screw (M4 - the hole is already ready for it), as well as the valve itself is fixed on top of the cover, then you need to combine the holes and tighten with screws (M3). In this case, the nuts will be on the side of the cover.

Inlet pipe

In general, the repair work of the heating crane VAZ 2114 is completed, now we check the tightness by first closing the outlet channel, blowing from the inlet pipe.

Think about whether you have the strength to repair it yourself? No? Then there is only one way out - only a replacement.

How to remove and replace the heater tap

The price for replacing the faucet of the stove in the service will be about 1000-1500 rubles, therefore, despite the complexity of the procedure, many try to remove and change it on their own. In addition, it is much easier and faster than doing repairs. For a complete replacement of the heating crane VAZ 2114, a common set of tools is enough, in particular:

• Wrenches of different sizes (ring spanners, spanners on “10” and “13”), and if it is a head with a cardan shaft, it’s so excellent at all.
• Worm clamp with a diameter of 16-23 mm
• Silicone sealant.
• Rags.
• Phillips screwdriver.
• New heating tap.
• We also recommend immediately buying two pipes coming from the heater tap to the radiator (since they lose their elasticity and can leak over time).
• The tank where you want to drain the coolant.
• Well, and if possible, fresh chilled water itself, so as not to pour back the old one.

And besides the tool, it is desirable that a viewing hole or overpass is available, since it unscrews the crane from the engine compartment, and you need an assistant from inside the cabin.

Work on replacing the stove crane on a VAZ 2114 machine is performed according to the following algorithm:

1. Before starting work, make sure that the engine is completely cooled. Having installed the car in the pit, remove the crankcase protection.
2. Then you need to drain the coolant from the engine block (drain bolt behind the ignition module) and the cooling radiator (faucet below), as well as from the pipes going to the faucet from the engine compartment. At the same time, handle the stud nuts with a wrench, let them bounce, until the moment when we unscrew the faucet, this will greatly facilitate its dismantling.
3. Further in the cabin, from the front passenger side, you need to remove the side trim of the torpedo (unscrew 5 screws) and remove the mat to get to the faucet and its nozzles.
4. So that the cabin does not flood with antifreeze when the hoses are removed (loosening the clamps with a Phillips screwdriver), the first thing you need to do is lay a rag.
5. In order to conveniently remove the tap, it is better to remove the nozzles from the stove.
6. They will return again under the car and with a key or a head on “10”, unscrew the de-nuts from the studs and rise again to the salon.
7. With pliers and a screwdriver with a flat blade, disconnect the cable to the crane locking mechanism, after removing the bracket holding the rod. It will be more convenient to do this on the driver’s side, but there you will also have to remove the trim.
8. Now you can extract the culprit of all events.
9. Take a new crane and install it in the same place, after replacing the rubber gaskets. We install the control cable in place, check the tension.
10. We carry out the same steps in reverse order. Be careful when tightening the pipe clamps, especially on through plastic. Indeed, if you do not hold out, then in cold weather it will begin to suck in air, but if you pull it over, then many cranes have a plastic quality that simply bursts.

After installation, it remains only to verify its operation. Turn on the fan by opening the air intake flap. Open-close access of coolant to the stove. If the flow is blocked, the air temperature in the cabin should decrease. But do not rush to install the side linings back and during the check, see if the crane runs back, since such cases have occurred more than once, especially if it is ceramic. They all have one common disease - it begins to flow from under the lever of constipation. And all because the two o-rings that stand there are either weak or wear out quickly during operation.

Modification of the heating system

One of the controversial decisions is moving the heating tap under the hood and replacing it with a regular household one. Before you dare to take advantage of this know-how, you should weigh the pros and cons. Of the benefits of such an action - you no need to worry about leaking into the cabin. In general, the service life of the parts is increased, but in order to open and close the crane, need to run to the hood   or climb into the legs and twist the valve. Or, in the summer, ride with a closed flap of air flow into the elephant.

And yet, perhaps you are one of those for whom this will be the best solution that will help you not bother with the repair of the stove crane. For clarity of removal and modernization, see the video instructions:

How to remove a VAZ heater tap

Replacing a faucet with a water tap and moving it under the hood

As you can see, despite certain efforts necessary to repair or replace a crane of the VAZ 2114 stove, it is still better to do this before the interior floods with antifreeze. At the moment, heating taps are presented on the markets in three main types: standard, ball and ceramic. But in fact, of all the available, there are no normal ones, such that I put it once and forget about the problem. Plastic etch, ceramics melt and run, ball is also not without flaws, but still more reliable than others. Remember that preventive repair of parts of your car, in particular, the faucet of the stove, can prevent other, significant problems.

Good day to all. In this post, I will tell you how to replace parts of the interior heating system with minimal cost (drum aesthetics). The canonical replacement of the heater radiator is made with the disassembly of the panel, the panel pulls off the hooks, is pulled out, and access to the radiator appears. As always, when you want to save something, options appear. For example, you can not disassemble the entire panel, but only one edge of it. True, this option is fraught with consequences - lobovuha can not stand it. Somewhere here the vazovod wrote that the lobovuha had cracked. Here are a couple of links where everything is detailed with a partial disassembly of the panel.
www.drive2.ru/l/1247259/
www.drive2.ru/l/288230376152003854/   - here is 9, not 14.
In principle, if you treat this operation as a one-time operation, then perhaps you can act on the above recipes. But since I seem to be the owner of this pepelats for a long time, I want to simplify further maintenance as much as possible. Just a couple of pictures, at what cost is this "simplification".

CHANGE ALREADY MISSED WHAT WILL BE ON THE NEXT PHOTO

HERE AND THE CELEBRATION OF CELEBRATION, SUFFICIENT WITH INCURRENCE

I hope that after such a "dismemberment" all the faint of heart fled, and cries of "How can I mock a machine like that ?!" will not follow. If you continue to read, continue.

Diagnostics.
The first indicator is the level of engine coolant. If you refuel with antifreeze / water as often as you do with gasoline, and in the same quantities - this is clearly unhealthy garbage, bedding. Go to the service. They will help there. If you are not so severe as to pour antifreeze into the car with canisters - you need to look for a leak. We omit the reasons for the decrease in antifreeze from the side of the engine cooling system, now we are only dealing with the interior heating system. Of course, if, for example, the hose to the heater faucet has leaked from the side of the engine compartment, then this is one disaster (environmental). But if it is from the passenger compartment, this is a completely different story. So, if the cabin smells antifreeze, and beautiful puddles quietly splash under the rugs - you are “caught” for repairs. By the way, antifreeze / antifreeze based on ethylene glycol is a poisonous thing, so I do not advise licking mats, even for diagnostic purposes, although I understand and sympathize.

SWEET MATS - IT'S SO BORING ...

Something is flowing - that’s understandable. But what exactly? The question is far from idle. The answer to it greatly depends on the cost of repair. Agree, it is one thing to tighten the hose clamp on the hose, and quite another - to change the radiator. When a malfunction is identified, but its exact cause has not yet been established - only one thing remains, to pray. Preparing a vehicle for inspection:

MOMENT OF TRUTH

With our heads bowed low, we kneel down, don’t forget to whisper a mantra / prayer: “Only not a radiator! Only not a radiator! "hoses. Or even a heater tap and hoses! But not a radiator!"