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Title: Sorry. another heater/fan question
Post by: workhorse '90 8v on 16 December 2003, 11:01

Fan no longer blows on 1 and 2 setting ?
But still blows on the flat out setting ?

simple to fix ?
any ideas much apreciated....

Title: Re:Sorry. another heater/fan question
Post by: Blue MK2 on 16 December 2003, 11:04

simple.
The heater resistor has blown. Nab one from the scrappy.
Its located inside the heater casing where the wires plug into ;D

Title: Re:Sorry. another heater/fan question
Post by: Gambit on 16 December 2003, 11:06

the resistor aint that expensive new, bout ?10 or something

Title: Re:Sorry. another heater/fan question
Post by: golfvr6 on 16 December 2003, 11:13

Yep, i bought a resistor from vw a few years back and that was only 20 bar. The ones at the scrappy are probably shagged as well. Easy job to do yourself.

Title: Re:Sorry. another heater/fan question
Post by: workhorse '90 8v on 16 December 2003, 11:19

cheers guys.. i'll get on the case...

Title: Re:Sorry. another heater/fan question
Post by: workhorse '90 8v on 16 December 2003, 13:51

also the fan was squeeling like hell from time to time b4 it broke.

could there have been a problem - thus blowing the resistor ??

Title: Re:Sorry. another heater/fan question
Post by: Blue MK2 on 16 December 2003, 14:07

take the fan apart and give it a good cleanout then grease it up. Should work after this. ;)

Title: Re:Sorry. another heater/fan question
Post by: rubjonny on 02 January 2004, 15:38

Another tip I've been told is to soak the motor in engine oil overnight (clean or dirty it don't matter) then let it drain THOUROGHLY and reinstall, hey presto no more squeels!

Title: Re:Sorry. another heater/fan question
Post by: Helios_Blue_Valver on 02 January 2004, 18:11

Quote from: rubjonny on 02 January 2004, 15:38

Another tip I've been told is to soak the motor in engine oil overnight (clean or dirty it don't matter) then let it drain THOUROGHLY and reinstall, hey presto no more squeels!

Wow that sounds like a fire hazard though. lol. I had a quart of oil dump over in the garage overnight once (damn Cat) and oil down my drill pretty good. I cleaned it all out with contact cleaner and thought it was good to go but the next time i plugged it in and squeezed the switch it smoked and eventually caught fire. Nothing adds excitment to a day like a flaming dril.lol  ;D

Title: Lame joke alert
Post by: Ant on 02 January 2004, 18:35

So it was a fire drill then?

Title: Re:Lame joke alert
Post by: Helios_Blue_Valver on 02 January 2004, 18:49

Quote from: DakoYam on 02 January 2004, 18:35

So it was a fire drill then?

 ::) ;D
Could say that.

lol.

Title: Re:Sorry. another heater/fan question
Post by: rubjonny on 03 January 2004, 18:27

hehe thats why you have to let it drain for a long time :)