Heater fault

[jubjub]

Now the heater has started playing up of all things You turn it on and noting comes out,hot or cold.....However driving home tonight i noticed when i went round a roundabout the heater started working Does it have its own water system or something? Or is it just completely knackered.....

[Greg_S]

have you got aircon fitted?

I guess the fan is working?

Greg

[jubjub]

Yes it has got aircon but have nver had it working... It needed regassing when i first bought it, but it the transpired it had a leak When you fire it up tho you can here the thing working but get no cold air.A good few weeks ago tho even that stopped happening.

[spink]

It could be the resistor pack,found inside the heater duct next to the motor. Quite a common fault on 80 and 90's,

[jubjub]

@ Spink - Where abouts is that?

[Greg_S]

If you look down by the blower motor behind the glove box
there is a cover at the top of the fan where the resistors are, this cover comes off and you can see it.

I took the aircon off mine earlier this year and got a fan and heater duct for £10 from a scrappy.

Greg

[spink]

Ive got one around here if you need it.I was going to bin it in a couple of weeks.

[Stick Insect]

Re: Heater fault

Originally posted by jubjub
i noticed when i went round a roundabout the heater started working

Jameswkr had this problem, I think it was cured following a proper coolant bleeding session.

Jubjub, there is a small bleed valve on the bulkhead at the back of the engine ( small black plastic knob on a rubber pipe. If I could suggest you try this.

Bleed the system properly as expensive problems can occur. My colleague needed a new head gasket when her car wasn't bled properly by a dodgy garage.

You will need to do it several times before it is right.

Don't forget the correct anti freeze!

HTH

David

[jubjub]

Re: Re: Heater fault

[i]Originally posted by Stick Insect

Bleed the system properly as expensive problems can occur. My colleague needed a new head gasket when her car wasn't bled properly by a dodgy garage.

:eek2: :eek2: Thanks for that.... try and get that checked out ASAP

[Stick Insect]

Sarah's car needs a new head gasket now, a poor repair was done on her Citroen ( by a back street garage in Sheffield) and they didn't bleed the system properly!

She had a hose leak, a new hose was fitted and the heater didn't work afterwards!

Contagious thread again
David