Icy Blast of Air When Turning Left

[waveydavey]

Bit of an annoying problem with my non A/C '94 Avant, especially with the cold weather we've been having lately.

When driving along with the heater on I get an icy blast through the vents when I turn left. Just for good measure I get a warmer blast when turning right. I used to have exactly the same problem with my old '94 16v Coupe too.

I'm guessing there is some sort of flap in the fresh air/heater system that has gotten loose and is just flapping about on cornering but does anybody know where to start looking?

Cheers

David

[Ski]

To avoid this problem stop turning left. This can be done by going in the opposit direction, but with same destination result. Note: Might add unessesary miles.

[T2Andy]

Ive had the same problem and thought it was an air lock in the heater system,after bleeding many times it went away just a thought.

[prosty]

I had a similar issue in my saab. no idea why this happened. weird

[Russboy]

Shut the left window

[Jas11n]

I get this too, as I did also in a previous Coupe (cq20v)
Just thought it was an Audi quirk.

[hiltoa]

I got the same thing in my '96 80 avant - I think it went away after I replaced the heater core, always assumed it was an airlock not allowing the core to fill fully, allowing the water to pool in the pipework under the massive g's I could generate in the 2.0E...

It may well be a design flaw where the core accumulates an air reservoir over the years, a good flushing should sort it if that's the case. If not, my vote goes to Ski's solution.

[BlackBullet]

Your problem is just the hose that drag wather from the klimabox that should be obstructed!
Just clean this hose and the problem is over!

This hose end like a duck peak at the firewall on motorraum!

Cheers,

[hiltoa]

Cheers Rafael - my translation:

'The problem is caused by the hose that carries water from the heater matrix getting blocked.
Just clean this hose out, and the problem will go away!
This hose ends up shaped like a duck's beak where it goes through the firewall!'

Don't worry, your English is infinately better than my Brazilian!

[BlackBullet]

Thank you Hiltoa!!

More than my problem is the Google Translation... ´