In this video I can see you have the console vent position set to cold (blue) when pointing that digital thermo reader! Great video on how to change and check the heater valve though.
Nice one cheers, I am replacing the heater control valve on my E46 M3 so have the version with 2 solenoid pumps, same job and seeing the use of the c clamp was really genius as saves having to do a coolant flush and extra faff/mess. Cheers!
I lost very little coolant so I just drove the car and checked the reservoir and topped it up over the next few days. If you lose a lot of coolant you will need to bleed the air out.
If I recall that's the hose that goes to the purge valve which is attached under the right side of the intake. The other end connects to a hard line that goes back to the charcoal canister.
It could be. But if the valve gets hot quickly I would suspect it's not completely closed, might be stuck partially open, because the stagnant fluid in the hose would take longer to head the valve if the fluid isn't circulating.
