HEATER
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HEATER ; AIR LOCK REMOVAL
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HEATER ; FLUSHING ;
Back flushing Radiator and heater box on Robin / Rialto ; video by Kev Hallett
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HEATER ; VALVE ;
ON / OFF Inline Control Valve on later Mk2 & Mk3 models
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HEATER MOTOR ; STRIPDOWN /RENEWAL
Heater Motor ; Check / Stripdown / Renewal
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HEATER ; HOSES ;
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HEATER ; BURST HEATER HOSE ; HOW TO BYPASS
I have a 1997 Robin with the water hose pipe layout of one pipe on the heated carb manifold goes to the front
and the other to the rear.
Yesterday while out for a wee jaunt around the Trossachs one of the hoses from the water pump to the heater burst open in the middle .
It had been rubbing on the edge of the air filter housing and over a period of time had worn through
I normally always carry an emergency length of hose and a hose bandage but I had taken them out to do some work in the boot and forgot to put them back in
The cure was simple ; It required a BYPASS operation .
Wait till engine cools .
Completely remove the hose from the heater to the side of the thermostat housing .
Completely remove the hose from the heater to the water pump { complete with inline ON/OFF heater control }
Cut the offending hose at the split .
Attach length of hose to water pump end and secure with jubilee clip
Measure up the other end of the hose to fit over the hose connection on the side of the thermostat housing .
Cut to size and secure with jubilee clip.
You now have the Bypass setup on the earlier Reliant .
Refill Radiator and recheck and refill after a few miles .
Beware getting scalded while removing the radiator cap
Better to wait again till it cools down
Remember not to put COLD water into a HOT engine .
Off course you do not have a heater but you can fix that when you get home .
Crappy drawing to illustrate
New hoses now fitted { minus that stupid heater ON/OFF contraption which in over 40 years of Reliant
ownership I have NEVER switched to the OFF position as I believe you need to let the water circulate and
if it gets too hot OPEN the window further }
Spares back in boot
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HEATER / WATER HOSES ; LAYOUT ;
The water hose layout for the earlier ROBINS / RIALTOS with the SU carb and
the heated water jacket with both outlets pointing forward is as follows on the
chronic drawing I made a wee while ago
And For later models with the carb heater which has one outlet pointing forward
and one pointing rearwards the Excellent diagram which was Originally posted by
Johno is a must
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The following is the ROBIN / RIALTO modified hose set-up
used by R3W forum member mark13-2001
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KITTEN / FOX WATER HOSE LAYOUT
with the SU carb and the heated water jacket
which has both outlets pointing forward is as follows
on the chronic drawing I made a wee while ago .
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Later Robin Mk2 / Mk3 heated carb water jacket in position on engine
Click on photo to enlarge
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