My fan has stopped working for my heater in my car need some ideas on what i can check please??

Have still got heat just nothing to blow it out to warm me up couldnt even clear my windscreen this morning

 

Pipes probably come off the matrix up behind the dash Lou - get someone to stick their arm up the back (not as easy as it sounds !) and put it back on.

 

Is the motor fused? Should be somewhere..........

Otherwise, a scarf and hat always goes down a treat

 

sorry.. havent a clue..

looks like you're going to have to drive with your nipples

 

Thanks Stu will have a look tonight

Will check to see if it might be a fuse aswell Rich and i normally have a scarf and hat on anyway

Fpmsl @ Dave

 

If you've got heat then I doubt it will be anything electrical (?) more a way of getting it into the cabin..............

 

Well thats what i thought Stu as i could feel the warmth just no way of it blowing out

Will have a lookie at the pipe thingy majig tonight

 

if you have heat but its not blowing then its definately something electrical and NOT the matrix/hose to the matrix.

I would say its the blower itself (normally under the glove box but not sure on an RST) or power to it i.e fuse

 

just re-read what Lou typed - fan stopped working - d'oh !!!!

 

pmsl so you reckon a fuse then

 

well if not that then its the switch or the blower itself.

I would say try the fuse then switch then try the blower

 

Yeah good bet its a fuse

 

if it aint the fuse could be a fooked heater fan

 

Ok thanks guys hopefully its just a fuse

 

The heater fan is in engine bay on them isnt it? well i know it is on ERST and is piss easy to remove. Check fuse first if not whip the blower out and pass a current through it to see if its knackered!

 

everything else working ok?

 

Hmm good idea i think my idea will be tho phone someone that knows what they are doing or i might make it even worse if i look at it if its not a simply thing like a fuse

 

Hey Lou - Billy here lol

I know what it was............ You never had "The Glove" on

I recon switch, as i'm sure there'd be a few other things not working as well..... IIRC its only the overheating fan that has its own fuse on the heating system. I'm sure the heater blower shares a fuse with some other bits................

But then i could be wrong

 

Yup everything else seems to be working fine and if that changes and more things start to go wrong tonight im gonna blame you for jinxing me


Pmsl cheers Paul see its my own fault for not taking your gloves will see what i can find out tonight

 

i was just meaning, if something else has gone, then its probably a fuse.

i cant remember if the blowers are fused with anything else or not so im of no use. so ill go back to talking to myself

 

All I can think of is smuggling rasins

 

Pmsl cheers Dude youve been most helpful

Johnny

 

I hate to sound stupid here but if your blower isnt working how do you know you have heat?

On my escort gti i have absolutly no air at all unless i switch the blower on.

 

Because when your driving along you tend to get a certain amount of heat through and even tho the blower wasnt working when i put my hand infront of the vent last night it was hot

 

My 3dr has the exact same problem at the moment, no life in the heater blowers, but i can still feel the heat comming through the vents when driving only. I will be spending this weekend trying to fix.

 

Sounds like it could be the fan switch

 

Thankyou will try a few things out tonight

 

lou
ive got this on mine at the moment
my switch and fan motor are ok
i reckon its a dodgy wire somewhere as mine very rarely works

 

Hmm well mine was working fine yest morn but last night when i was freezing cold and needing warming up it decided to not play ball

Not had any probs before with it

 

Update

I checked a few things out last night and i discovered that my reverse light doesnt work either which is on the same fuse as my heater fan, the fuse looked fine but changed it over anyway and still nothing

Any more ideas or any suggestions of someone local to me that can help me out please

 

hope its not the fuse box then lou.. my escort gti fans stop blowing and turned out to need a whole new fuse box as some of the tracks had burnt out

 

Well Dal said last night it could be the fuse box is this an expensive thing to sort out?? any ideas who could do it for me?

 

Could be an earthing fault of some description.

Also, take the fuse out, and check inside the actual fuse holder to see if's corroded at all.

Could also check with a multimeter that you're getting power both sides of the fuse.....

 

It didnt look too corroded when i had a look last night but it was getting dark so will have a better look at the wkend and will check with the mulitmeter cheers Rich

 

fou fou just take your douvet with you

 

pmsl cheers Kev thats helpful just need to make sure i have no heavy breathers in the car ay

 

if you can get one from a breakers it wont be expensive but a brand new from ford your looking at 200+ notes for it thats what i paid...

could also try the basildon ford spares place on the burnt mills estate.. their wicked for new parts cheap

 

200+

If that is the case then

How can i confirm it is this thats fooked tho? is it a case of if the multimeter says that im not getting power to both sides of the fuse? or is there anything else to check

 

light a small fire ?

 

Hmmm yeh thanks for that info Kev that will really help me get my car fixed