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gozziee
11-03-2012, 13:52
hi all im getting the car ready to go and have a new clutch etc fitted but when i was tinkering around with it earlier i realised that the blower for the heater/cooler isnt working. i checked the 20amp fuse under the glove box and that is ok but dont know what else to check. is this a common fault or has anyone else had this problem???
many thanks

172lover
11-03-2012, 13:57
from what I have read the wires under the scuttle panel become rusty and it stops working :D

diditno
11-03-2012, 14:10
Check the earth o it. May be he cause

andyleep
11-03-2012, 14:22
Check the plug where it goes into the blower motor, under the scuttle. Probably needs changing

FATBOY
11-03-2012, 15:17
i had the same problem with mine on the 3 mate! give the plug a wiggle and it will work. in the end i cut the old plug off and got a different plug from mat brown and it worked a treat!!

16v_paddy
11-03-2012, 17:04
Can't remember the name of it but you need to replace the bit that the plug goes into on the blower motor, costs £17 from GSF I swapped 1 recently

gozziee
11-03-2012, 19:37
not being thick but does anyone have a picture of this please

FATBOY
11-03-2012, 19:57
remove the scuttle panel and the blower will be under there

gozziee
11-03-2012, 22:22
cheers mate will take a look after work tomoz.
bloody car tho i had it running over for around 10 mins earlier then went back to it later so i could go back into my garage and when i turned it back on again found ive now got some sort of ticking noise coming from the top of the engine !!!!! tappet maybe ????

FATBOY
11-03-2012, 23:01
tappets i reckon mate, especially if it hasnt been used in a while. but then again after a few mins the noise would go away if tappets?

gozziee
14-03-2012, 20:25
Can't remember the name of it but you need to replace the bit that the plug goes into on the blower motor, costs £17 from GSF I swapped 1 recently

right ive got the plug that comes off the wiring loom and goes into a thing called a resistor that is inside the blower but also comes out which has got a red and a black wire going to it. is that the part you mean ??? bit of a pig to get out to be honest!!!

FATBOY
14-03-2012, 20:28
try wiggling the plug first, or try wedging the plug into the blower unit first

16v_paddy
14-03-2012, 22:28
Can't remember the name of it but you need to replace the bit that the plug goes into on the blower motor, costs £17 from GSF I swapped 1 recently

right ive got the plug that comes off the wiring loom and goes into a thing called a resistor that is inside the blower but also comes out which has got a red and a black wire going to it. is that the part you mean ??? bit of a pig to get out to be honest!!!

That's the beastie, that's the bit that often fails & costs £17 from GSF :wink: Remove the whole blower unit to get that thing off, it's just 2 10mm bolts on either side of the blower & a bit of brute force to free it off the sticky foam

16v_paddy
14-03-2012, 22:34
Why I didn't think of showing you a pic from Dialogys I'll never know :oops:

http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq165/16v_paddy/heaterresistor.jpg

That thing is just held onto the blower with 2 torx screws :wink:

gozziee
14-03-2012, 23:17
try wiggling the plug first, or try wedging the plug into the blower unit first

cheers mate did try the wiggling but nothing happened will try more hopefully tomorrow with any luck

gozziee
14-03-2012, 23:26
Why I didn't think of showing you a pic from Dialogys I'll never know :oops:

http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq165/16v_paddy/heaterresistor.jpg

That thing is just held onto the blower with 2 torx screws :wink:

thats the thing !!!
ive just found a wiring diagram to follow as well so with any luck i will have some luck.