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mark_GSi
03-01-04, 09:59 AM
ant used the car for bout a month, went i started it and turned the heaters on it was making a right racket!!

any idea what is causing it??

geordie_racer
03-01-04, 03:40 PM
could be the bearings seized

chris

novax
03-01-04, 05:27 PM
Yes, bearings.... Mine is the same on cold days if I haven't driven it anywhere. Run it on full for a bit then turn it down and it should be OK.

Jules
04-01-04, 02:42 PM
Open bonnet, remove plastic cover from behind bulkhead bit (Where the wiper link arm is), spray some WD40 on to the bearings of the fan blower, jobs done.

:D

novaexplod
04-01-04, 04:01 PM
or u cud replace the heater motor (dependin which one it is) ?10 from scrap yard, fairly easy to fit if u got a haynes manual.

mark_GSi
04-01-04, 05:28 PM
ok thanks guys, ill try the wd40 first :wink:

m.d.
04-01-04, 06:27 PM
thank god someone asked this mine has been doing the same for a year now. lol

cassanova
04-01-04, 11:36 PM
Mine started doing it about 3 days ago, only when i first turn it on and its on 1 and then when i turn it off.

I'll try the WD40 too :) Although last time i WD40d the heater i was getting gassed everytime i turn it on for a day or 2. Good fun tho :lol:

Ford

novaexplod
05-01-04, 07:24 PM
id say in the end the motor will need replacin cos itll prob just get worse n worse like mine did n ends up doin it all the time.

novaexplod
05-01-04, 07:24 PM
id say in the end the motor will need replacin cos itll prob just get worse n worse like my mates did n ends up doin it all the time.