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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: MutantCav on 05 December 2010, 08:51:10
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My wife has just got a little newer shape N reg Fiesta to practice in...its a 1.8 diesel.
Been using it to get to work recently as the Mig has run out of MOT and been stuck in the driveway covered by snow since lol
So the main issue with the Fiesta is the heating...it doesnt work (namely the fan chucks out cold air, not warm or hot) and the fan only comes on when set to full, does nothing on 1,2 and 3...
Checked most of the fuses but they all seem ok...
Any ideas please?? :)
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Could be the switch itself?
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Its one of those old Ford rotating dial things to adjust the fan level and one that rotates round for heat level...do you think the dials are seperate or a whole unit?
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resistor pack is fubared,that is why it only works on one speed,not sure where it is on the fiesta,but used to be clipped into the motor housing on the mondeo's.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mk4-Fiesta-Ka-heater-resistor-pack-and-wiring-/110618964658?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19c16772b2
like that one :y
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Sounds good...just need to know for sure where it is (in detail as I really dont know Fiestas very well lol) :y
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passenger footwell apparently.
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I will have to have a hunt around and find it :y Cheers for that :) The car itself has done a great job in the snow, its taxed and MOT'd till March and cost £100 so with some heating it would be a handy little car :y
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Old ford diesel's take a long time to warm up,when it only works on setting 4 it would take hours to get heat :-X,sounds like a bargain you got there though.
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Setting 4 is full lol Blows out cold air at a very rapid rate lol Turn it down to 3 and nothing...gonna sort out the resistor and see what happens...I need heat lol We only have 16 inches of snow here but its the most I have ever seen....seems to be melting though at the moment...
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I will have to have a hunt around and find it :y Cheers for that :) The car itself has done a great job in the snow, its taxed and MOT'd till March and cost £100 so with some heating it would be a handy little car :y
absolute bargain :y would it also be worthwhile flushing the heater matrix
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Is that done the same sort of way as on the Omega?? Anything that will give me heat is worth doing...was -9 here on Friday and I was freezing my nuts off on the way to work in the morning I can tell ya!
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i would imagine its similar flushing through
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Regarding the lack of heat in the cabin, on a fiesta the heater control valve is electric and situated in the engine bay where the heater pipes enter the bulkhead, they are a very common fail and easily replaced :y
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Found it...thanks...the pipes running in and out either side of the valve are all nice and warm/hot is that how it should be?
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Pipes should be fairly hot to the touch.
My wife used to have a 1.3 fiesta same reg and shape as yours. The heater on that was good enough to cook food with.
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Well I have now replaced the heater valve in the bulkhead and we have heat...however it then overloaded the already failing alternator and I broke down on the way back from work last Friday, ironically with no heat as the battery ran flat as a result lol...replaced the alternator (the large crack in the casing cant have been helping it) and now all is well...need to also replace the passenger footwell part also mentioned above so that I have heating on all 4 settings and not just on full blast...surprisingly the parts guy at the Ford garage actually knew his stuff which helped greatly :y
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great news at least your getting sorted :y
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try the old trick of covering the front of the rad up it will warm a lot qiucker
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your heater control valve is stuck the pipes will be warm it aint letting the warm water into your matrix. when i work at fords i was changing them all the time. :y
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Cheers Spud and for everyone whose helped...the heater valve has been changed...was going to soak the valve in fluid overnight to free it up but it had been on there so long the plastic has cracked and 2 of the lugs snapped off on removal...heat works fine now thank goodness...
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My wife has just got a little newer shape N reg Fiesta to practice in...its a 1.8 diesel.
Been using it to get to work recently as the Mig has run out of MOT and been stuck in the driveway covered by snow since lol
So the main issue with the Fiesta is the heating...it doesnt work (namely the fan chucks out cold air, not warm or hot) and the fan only comes on when set to full, does nothing on 1,2 and 3...
Checked most of the fuses but they all seem ok...
Any ideas please?? :)
sister has one and it turn'd out to be some leaf's in it block off the heat, have to take out the glove box and remove the black pipe, then put hand in and pull them out, she used are nice.