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I am intending to do some work on my 2006 VW polo which has Climatic heating. The piece of trim which surrounds the dials has a grid of several holes to the right of the AC button and a similar one to the left of the air recirculation button. The one to the left just has indents while the one to the right has holes. When I removed this piece of trim, behind the right grid of holes is some electronics which form part of the heater control system. As part of what I am intending to do, I would cover this grid which would mean no air could get through. Would this be an issue? I know there are several sensors which form part of the heating system and I don't know if this is one of them?

To summarise, would there be an adverse effect of covering this grid of holes ?

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Don't do this, these holes are there to let the Climatic unit know what the temperature is ;-)
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CNK wrote: Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:17 am Don't do this, these holes are there to let the Climatic unit know what the temperature is ;-)
Didn't know that was where the temp sensor was for the climatic. Might explain why mine is a bit slow as it's full of dust :D .
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I guess you unintendedly solved another problem by creating a new :mrgreen:
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I'd be taking care when removing the dust as just vac'ng it could cause the very small fan to get rev'd well beyond its normal rpm, and that could do it damage.
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RUM4MO wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:03 pm I'd be taking care when removing the dust as just vac'ng it could cause the very small fan to get rev'd well beyond its normal rpm, and that could do it damage.
I might try a can of air duster in short bursts or maybe remove the panel and use a small brush to avoid damaging anything.
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