W124 heating issue

ronhugh

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The heating in my 1990 W124 230TE will only run hot (better than running cold!). Even in the winter car gets much too warm, with all air controls off and then with no decent airflow windows get all steamed up.

So, driving any distance, need to have airflow control off and open one window.

I have replaced the duovalve but not the solution.

Any ideas/solutions?

Thanks

Ron
 

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There's a temperature sensor in the car which tells the heater what temp to regulate to. It then sends a PWM voltage to the duovalve to regulate the water flow. Assuming the new duovalve is good (never wise to assume) the the fault lies in the sensing / controlling setup

If you have an old-fashioned multimeter with a needle you might be able to read the control voltage to the duovalve and see if it varies as you move the temperature setting

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Yes you can measure the voltage on the duo valve, though a pulsed voltage.

the center pin is the common and the pin for the valve each side.

With the heater on max you should have 11 volt approx over each side and zero volts when set to minimum.

When set to max you can feel the valves pulsing by touching each outlet pipe about 2 to4 pulses per second. When set to off or cold there should be no pulse.
 

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