NO HEAT?? How to Replace BMW Heater Control Valve 

That’s why I do this! Helps people out. Glad to hear it and hope your replacement goes smoothly Derrick!

Insne!!! Sounds like they did a bad diag in that case. Im glad you got it sorted out and saved A TON of money!

It’s because of content like yours that I was able to DIY and save a ton of money. THANKS! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😎😎😎😎😎

How about a repair job lol

Yeah, dealership will do b******t like that. Have similar story

Heck yes! Best of luck with it! Glad to have helped somehow

That’s awesome work dude! Glad you’re taking care of some many trouble spots (as they age they become problematic) all at once. Looking forward to hearing your outcome once the heater valve is replaced!

I have the same year X3. Is there a control valve on our cars? It doesn't seem like it...

Thanks Drezic!

I hope the information was helpful to you so you at least pay a fair price to have it replaced! Thank you!

I guarantee you can do it with some practice and experience. Though this job was pretty simple in terms of not having to remove a ton of parts to get to the valve, dealing with coolant hoses is always a pain as they can be hard to remove in tight spaces. And removing that charge pipe is also simple but painful as it takes practice to learn how to exert force again in tight spaces. But if you start trying simple and/or easy jobs and getting the practical physical experience, you will soon find yourself doing more. The hardest part is just starting, it takes a little courage. Find a friend who can help provide tutoring and encouragement. And start collecting the tools.

Awesome! Glad it helped!

Im glad!

Excellent idea!?always start with the KNOWN related issues before you dive deeper. You’re on the right path my friend! Good luck and HOPEFULLY just having a cooling system that is able to hold pressure will fix it for you :-)

Thank you so much!

Thank you!

Your welcome! Hope it helped you!

Thanks bro!

Great idea!

crossing fingers for you! It does sound as if your valve could be stuck open and thus constantly allowing hot coolant through the heater core. This SHOULD be closed if you have the temp setting to max cold. There are other possibilities, but this is the most likely one. Good luck!

@@turbospool thanks turbo

Correct! That’s what happened in my case. No heat out the passenger side, a little heat on my side.

@@turbospool did you have to drain the coolant for this ?

@@zlord1199 not really. Watch about half way you see that I clamped the hoses going to and from the heater valves. So the loss was minimal! Maybe half a liter

​@@turbospool mine is only blowing air from the foot well vent do you know what might cause that issue?

@@abdulelahalkhaibari4350 that sounds more like an issue with a blend door actuator or the IHKA (the climate control panel). I recommend further diag to pin point it

I meant i had SOME heat on the driver side, freezing cold air on the passenger side. Thats why I started out with checking level and doing the bleeding procedure because that set of conditions is TYPICALLY indicative of low coolant. When that didn’t fix it the next step after having found no faults was to replace the heater control valve :)

@@turbospool Cool thx, having the same problem. Thanks for the video.

Hi Michael, to better help you could you please share what car and engine you have? I have a few ideas but knowing that will help narrow it down

It’s coming along nicely! Just in time for the thick of winter months!

Don't force it. I used a 90* pick to get between the plastic of the barb end, and the inside of the hose. Then I pushed the pick to work the 90* around the plastic to break the adhesion between the rubber hose and the plastic barb. Then it should pull off easily

Hot water

Hello! No, unfortunately this is more likely a problem with the blend door actuators OR the IHKA (the AC control panel) itself. But note- IT IS NORMAL for it to only blow on the floor outlets when you have the temperature scroll selector rolled to red. So try rolling it to blue and see if you have air to your face then. This would rule out an issue with the IHKA and point more to the combination of settings you are presently using. Hope that helps

yes it is actually! That is in fact the other name for heater control valve

This is a Boskavolo