Heater Problem

[jibbbbbb]

i am just hoping that ancorman or some one else can help. its not the rav but my ford escort van it an R reg , my heater is broke , when i first start the van the heater blows perfect , but after about 30 secounds it gets slower and slower and the stop , just a clicking noise then . as we all no money is tight so i thought some one on here might be able to help .. and one more thing i did leave the window open all weekend ( i no im a prat ) and the inside got wet but not around the heater , just all over drivers seat ( wet ***** all week ) if thats any help ....

any advise would be great cheers all ,,,,

and happy chirstmas

[GT4 BOOSTER]

could be that the carbon brushes inside the motor have worn away.

[anchorman]

You can sometimes fix this problem but not always!!!

The fan motor has two plain bearings at each end and one of them is siezing as a result of it heating up and binding when you switch it on. From memory the heater fan on the Escort is under the bonnet near the windscreen. I have had the fans out before but its a while ago and my memory is now full of RAVs and new timetables etc!!!

Look towards the back of the engine bay and the heater is in that big plastic container. I think you can pull off the cover for the fan and if you squirt some WD40 near where the fan spindle is you might be lucky and it will free it. If not it may require you to pull the fan to bits to get at the inner spindle bearing.

If you take some photos and post them I can have a looksee and add some arrows etc.

Good luck.

[jibbbbbb]

thanks for the quick reply ,, i had a quick look today ( 10 mins ) and i located the heater it is at the back of the bulkhead ,,so i will have to take the plastic cover of where the whipers are to get at it ,, im just hoping i can see the motor then so i can wd it ,,,

many thank for your replys ,, and it still the number one site on the net cheers again ,, i will have a go at it on sataday ,, and get back to you again then

CHEERS

[anchorman]

OK mate but avoid running the fan as it will burn itself out if it gets too hot.

[jibbbbbb]

OK mate but avoid running the fan as it will burn itself out if it gets too hot.

ok , thank

[bothwell_buyer]

a van - carefully light a fire in the rear to keep you warm. And check your insurance is paid up.

[anchorman]

a van - carefully light a fire in the rear to keep you warm. And check your insurance is paid up.

What insurance (you started it :P )

[bothwell_buyer]

The "Out of Control Bonfires" Insurance. Surely everyone has it?

[jibbbbbb]

thank for the advise ,, had a bit of luck started to take heater motor out , and noticed a lot of corrossion on the live terminal . so cleaned it up with sand paper put some wd40 on it and is now working perfect . oh by the way i did wd40 all the bearings on the motor just cause i could get at them while i had it all apart ...

thank again its saved me a good few quid ,, merry christmas to you all :D :D :D ( just wish the dmf was as easy to repair lol )