Oh Joy of Joys .......

[Evans Electric]

hadnt turned the switch on

That would not surprise me  these days Mate   :C

 

[OnOff]

Hadn't turned the key?

 

[Sharpend]

Oh listen to him now, singing dancing bouncing around like a new born lamb, following his own descriptive of yesterday I can only think that he took it to the garage ???????

 

[Evans Electric]

I have to admit it  ,  yes I took it down the garage we do some work for  ...I knew I'd pushed my knees  far enough  , I've been on two sticks before now thinking I'm  still 25  .

Anyway it wasn't  resistor  or fan motor  , I had indeed switched it on  along with the ignition  ...it was a  plug-in relay  in the fuseboard    .    No way of finding out what the relays do  ,  guy there swapped them around  and replaced the dud.  :C

I'll post a picture later in case anyone gets the same problem .    I think theres a couple of Combi owners on here. 

 

[Sharpend]

Call yourself an electrician bah humbug,

oh a relay eh, so what not diagnosed these before? 

I know know what you mean though car relays are a rule unto themselves and very few vehicles are labelled correctly to give you half a chance of finding the correct one as many are the same. 

 

[binky]

cars have so much eelctrical stuff these days, all tucked away in nasty corners. My pet hate is trying to remove plastic panels to access the dark recesses - without breaking the lugs  :^O

 

[Sharpend]

Tip, if you can apply a little heat to soften them, that means do not apply heat until melting or glowing occurs!!

 

[ruston]

Usually if the resistor is gone it is just the low speeds that are affected. The high speed is direct from the switch.

Just a tip for the future lol.

 The  resistor lives in the heater duct and is an evil little chap that likes to start fires. (corsa).

 I did not know it was the same as the Combo . Thanks for that Sharpend.

 

[Evans Electric]

I know know what you mean though car relays are a rule unto themselves and very few vehicles are labelled correctly to give you half a chance of finding the correct one as many are the same. 

In the handbook  for the van  all the fuses are identified by numbers  and a picture  .....none of them mentions  the heater motor .  

Even the software at the garage doesn't show what the relays do .  I'm just downloading my phone photos and I can show you the relay .

The one with the hole in the top . 

 

[Sharpend]

@ruston there are three type of corsa-  b, c , d only c is relevant to vans the other two are diffferent. 

@Evans Electric Yes I am aware that the corsa/combo dos not show the heater specifically, out of interest do you know what number/ref that really is labelled under in the handbook? 

 

[Blue Duck]

I miss my combo 1.3cdti

Was the best van Ive driven about in the last 10 years.

Definitely a jobber van!

Currently driving a transit connect which is horribly uncomfortable, slow, cold, annoying and insecure.

By that I mean they get the side doors peeled and I have to bring the tools in every night! 

So annoying as it may be being upside down in a footwell spare a thought for us connect drivers frozen to death having to drag our tools home every night!

 

[Evans Electric]

@Evans Electric Yes I am aware that the corsa/combo dos not show the heater specifically, out of interest do you know what number/ref that really is labelled under in the handbook? 

Handbook doesn't tell you what the relays are for  ,  just the fuses .  No mention of heater blower as I said  but it could be off the Air con fuse .   ( Obviously no AC on the van) 

So annoying as it may be being upside down in a footwell spare a thought for us connect drivers frozen to death having to drag our tools home every night!

Has the  heater packed up in the  Connect  then Ducky ?   Or is it just useless ?  

Best heater in the world is in Mrs Deke's   Focus    ......  warms up in no time .    

 

[Andy™]

eberspacher D2... hot air within a few minutes, no need to have engine running, leave it on all day if its cold to keep the cab warm...