fiesta heating

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Wed 25 Feb 2004 22:28
fiesta heating - Anthony Oliver
my mate has a x reg fiesta

the heating just packed up last night, i don\'t know if its electric switch or mechanical yet, not looked

but the blower works, just cold air no hot,

any ideas?
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Wed 25 Feb 2004 22:32
fiesta heating - DL
Checked the coolant level? Loss of heater is often the first sign of a lack of engine coolant.

Range Rover 4.6 custoemr rang up on Monday; "My heater is blowing cold air"

Me - "Have you checked your engine coolant level?"

"Well, I did last month, and it was OK...."


There......weekly level checks go a long way these days!
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Fri 27 Feb 2004 02:44
fiesta heating - madf
check as well thermostat : if it was a short journey you would not notice, but on long, bang!
(is top hose hot? If yes then OK)



madf


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Fri 27 Feb 2004 12:40
fiesta heating - Snakey
I had this problem on a 98 Fiesta and it was down to the heater valve (on the bulkhead) which had failed.

Apparently this is very common and I would guess your Fiesta uses a similar part?

It cost me about 40 quid for the part and its a 20 minute job to swap it over.
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Sun 7 Mar 2004 22:05
fiesta heating - pastyman
Hi there,

I rather suspect you fault is the heater control valve mounted on the bulkhead as mentioned on another reply to this post.
I have had the same fault on my own fiesta and it was the valve.

Hope this helps.

Pastyman
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