heater fan

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

its such a joy knowing shit about cars , every little new thing you discover makes you get excited .

found my heater fan today and i want to give it a good clean if that makes any sense . anyway i want to get it out and i need some help here.
apparently ,there are 2 visible bolts on each side and a plug to disconnect .is the fan going to slide to the side and come out after taking the bolts out ?

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Ummm..why? Seriously like, why would you want to do this?

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

why do i have this funny feeling that you are against an individual with the intention learning as well as keeping every single bit of his car clean and tidy ????
now you tell me why ? Laughing

"edit" i bet you gave me that second -1 and all

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

only 2 bolts, you can see one of them in that picture. Other one is the same place on the other side. Then theres a wiring plug on the other side too. You can then pull it out from the passenger side. Requires a bit of chinese-puzzle style jiggling about to get it back into position through that scuttle hole!

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

cheers neal
will i be able to see the matrix ,once this is out the way ?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

yes, get the hoover out and remove the leaves that are trapped on it.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

i will clean the whole bay with the pressure washer and get to the matrix after. for some reason i cant get really hot air from the heater .

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

as usual Schakal you raise the question of what the hell are you talking about?

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

*thinks** "earned too many enemies lately . time to get a new profile on the nova forums and leave this place asap"

Level 3 User Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 66

not all welsh people are like shakal...

just thought iÂ´d mention it. Shocked

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

schakal wrote:

i will clean the whole bay with the pressure washer and get to the matrix after. for some reason i cant get really hot air from the heater .

I do hope you're not inferring that you intend to pressure wash the matrix with it in situ Confused

Site Subscriber Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 728

I've just given this a try and there were quite alot of leaves and dirt sitting on the matrix. Gave it a good hoover out and cleaned up the fan. Matrix still only gets luke warm. Aad my hand on it while engine was on. 15 minutes later and it had got no warmer. Could it still be a air lock problem? All the other pipes are roasting!

Least my fan is clean as a whistle Laughing

Site Subscriber Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 728

Quote:

i will clean the whole bay with the pressure washer and get to the matrix after

I'll give that a miss though.....my passenger floor will get soaked Rolling Eyes

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

Yeah it will - after the inside of your dash gets doused!

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

air lock seems likely, if you haven't flushed it though then thats a good idea as well.

Site Subscriber Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 728

Just checking that it's still a possibility as I gotta get my Dad to help for the day if it needs flushing. Don't fancy doing it by myself...... Sad

Plus my Mum & Dad's house is the only one with a hose and they live a little way away!

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

seems like i have no friends in this place really.
oh well thats life

at least i brought this topic up ,so that some of you dirty buggers remembered to clean their heater fans .

you are welcome

Site Subscriber Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 2281

Poor schakal. *Sniff*

Site Subscriber Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 728

Schakal....
You seem to have the same poblem as me buddy. My heater seems warm when the fan is off and I'm driving about 30mph. But turn the fan on above 1 and it gets colder and colder till it's only luke warm and I have to put a jumper on Confused

Was hoping when I moved the fan housing I would find somthing that was causing the.problem (you know....an easy way out of the prob....SOME LUCK!), but to no avail. So looks like I'm gonna have to flush the whole sytem forwards and in reverse to get the crud and rust and whatever else has managed to gunk it up. Or maybe I'll ask the garage to do it when my 19 goes for a service next week ( Idea

). My god I'm lazy.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

just take off the 2 hoses that go to the matrix in the engine bay connect your garden hose to them and give them a blast. One is bigger than the other though so you might have to hold it on.

Site Subscriber Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 728

I'm guessing that will then drain all the coolant over the floor from the disconnected pipes. Will that not run a risk of causing an air lock when they are connected up again?