Poor heating

[dreja]

Hi,

I've driven my car for 2 weeks now, and I've noticed some problems which I have to clear...

The first of them is poor heating in the driver's compartment. The temperature indicator rises at about half the scale after 2 or 3 km of driving, but the air flowing through the heating holes in the cabin is not hot as it should be.

I've checked the valve (located at firewall in the engine bay), which opens the water flow to the heater - it seems to work ok, as it moves smothly.

If there was a faulty thermostat, will the temperature gauge still rise normally ?
Btw. when the hating at my father's Honda didn't work, also the temp. gauge didn't rise (the problem faulty thermostat), but my gauge rises normally.

Regards
Andrej