Heater blower not working

[Hastings]

Hi everyone & anyone
I can see this subject has been well discussed, anyway blower not working on any of the settings,the lights on the control switches come on, Got another motor from the scrappy today plugged it in still does not work.
Read all the replies here and a lot of people talk about the resistor, I don't know what that would look like but checked behind the head lamp & under the dash near clutch pedal. could the fault be the switch ? cheers any replies would be appreciated.

[MrMPuk]

Most probably the resistor has gone so the fan only worked on speed 3 then the wiring on the back of the switch has melted.

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[Hastings]

Hi Where is the resistor situated & what does it look like, searched for it under the dash can't see it.

Cheers

Gary

[MrMPuk]

Click the link I posted.

[demographic]

Hi Where is the resistor situated & what does it look like, searched for it under the dash can't see it.

Cheers

Gary

The resister is usually somewhere behind the front light on the drivers side and is a coil of metal wound round a ceramic pot if I remember right.

[MrMPuk]

Hi Where is the resistor situated & what does it look like, searched for it under the dash can't see it.

Cheers

Gary

The resister is usually somewhere behind the front light on the drivers side and is a coil of metal wound round a ceramic pot if I remember right.

Click the link and all is explained.

[fordboynick]

Might be a silly question but seeing as the fan switch isnt working at all have you checked the fuses?

[sideshow_bill]

Usualy if the resistor has blown, the fan only works on full speed = resistor bypassed

[MrMPuk]

Usualy if the resistor has blown, the fan only works on full speed = resistor bypassed

Most probably the resistor has gone so the fan only worked on speed 3 then the wiring on the back of the switch has melted.

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[Hastings]

Hi Thanks for all you replies, I had left trying to fix for a few days as it was doing my head in Will check it out again today.

Re the fuses yes first thing I checked and it sounds like if it is the resistor it would still work on setting 3, it's not working on any stetting. I might try changing the switch for the settings.


Thanks again for all the advise

Gary

[MrMPuk]

if it is the resistor it would still work on setting 3, it's not working on any stetting. I might try changing the switch for the settings.

What I have said is a common failure.

Most probably the resistor has gone so the fan only worked on speed 3 then the wiring on the back of the switch has melted.

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[Hastings]

Hi I have found the heater resistor at last and thought I would share this info with anyone who has the same problem ON A MK4 X PLATE it is inside the housing where the blower fits in to, so to remove it you have to take out the blower then unplug the wiring to it and then un do the 2 small screws and remove it from inside of the heater housing.

[Backbone of Britain]

MK5 then Just as in the link MrMPuk posted.

[crayon]

I`ve got the same problem on my P- plate mk5 have looked under the dash and can see the plug that go`s to the motor but its not like the one in the pic, i`ve looked behind the lights but there is nothing there either do i need to look under the van by the lights?????/

[MrMPuk]

P plate will be near the headlight as in the photos in the link above. If it's not there then someone may have already moved it.