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Need help please! Just bouht a 97 406 1.8 lx today and went to put the heater on and its not working can anyone help me please.

define "not working". blowing cold? not blowing?

just no blowing at all bud by the way im new here so hello to everyone on the site.

Welcome Sid
Have you checked the fuse? A few people have had the fan fail as well.

ive checked the fuse as well im hoping its not the heater matrix coz i dont fancy taking the dash out to replace it as i cant find a bl@@dy haines manual for one in newcastle!

Won't be the heater matrix, but it could well be the blower motor. It's easy to get to - get your head under the passenger footwell, take off the soundproofing material and you should see the blower. It's 3 philips screws to remove after you've disconnected the multi-way wiring connector (gets very stiff) and unclipped the loom from the front. The common fault with these is the single red wire going into the middle of the fan ends up burning the spade connector.

Easy to test, easy to replace, and fairly easy to botch a repair if you've got some needle files and a high powered soldering iron

Thanks for that!
Just investigating the same problem - wrong time of year for no fans.

Just fixed one of those on a 1.9td 405, squirted some WD40 into the motor's brushes, dunno how long it'll last though.

thanks mjb ill give that a go now post later to say if it worked for me

Hi all, actual i have done one with similar problem and the cause was not the fan or resistor. infact the ignition barrel, at the bottem of the steering lock. it had worn.

p.s it sounds silly but true, happy to assist, please ask as complex?

sawkins2005

i think it is the motor took it off all wire's look good wired it to battery and not working so it looks like a trip to the scrap yard woohoo thanks for everyone's comments

sawkins2005 wrote:Hi all, actual i have done one with similar problem and the cause was not the fan or resistor. infact the ignition barrel, at the bottem of the steering lock. it had worn.

p.s it sounds silly but true, happy to assist, please ask as complex?

sawkins2005

Just identified this as the most likely source of my problem ('99 HDi)!

well people just put new fan motor in at weekend and now have glorious heat in the car but starter motor knacked at weekend as well so had to replace that as well all fun and games with these 406's in it.But once again thanks for everyone's feed back.

Glad you're sorted Sid!