Ford Fiesta 98 - Fiesta Heater Valve

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Sun 21 Feb 2010 17:12
Ford Fiesta 98 - Fiesta Heater Valve - DelB
Hello..

I have an S reg ford fiesta, recently my heating died and I replaced the heater valve; which cured the problem.

Now, after about 3 weeks the heating is only blowing cold AGAIN. I've checked the valves connected, the 2 valves from the engine are hot, the two valves going into the car are cold - So the problem is halfway (Heater valve unit :/)

Unless, is there anything else that can be causing this? Or is it definitely a dead heater valve controller, again..

Thank you,

Phil.
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Sun 21 Feb 2010 18:32
Ford Fiesta 98 - Fiesta Heater Valve - Peter.N.
These valves have been known to fail so I would think that is the most likely problem, otherwise the matrix could be blocked, but if the water is clean with plenty of antifreeze, unlikely.
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Sun 21 Feb 2010 20:20
my mate removed the motor off the valve and pulled out a filter and cleaned it,it was full of antifr - atlantic
my mate removed the motor off the valve and pulled out a filter and cleaned it,it was full of antifreeze and then replaced the motor and now works fine again

Edited by atlantic on 21/02/2010 at 20:21

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