[Biturbos4] B5 heater fan

[mike]

that was my first thought but it just stopped dead, no previous faltering and a thorough bashing of the dash/centre console didn’t get it to work.

Today it’s back to normal (thankfully as it’s a bit cold for car fixing)


--- On Fri, 24/12/10, Richard van der Hoff <quattro at rvanderhoff.org.uk> wrote:

> From: Richard van der Hoff <quattro at rvanderhoff.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Biturbos4] B5 heater fan
> To: biturbos4 at www.audifans.com
> Date: Friday, 24 December, 2010, 10:21
> On 23/12/2010 22:49, mike wrote:
> > Gents
> >
> > Car is  ’99 B5 S4 and the heater fan has
> suddenly stopped working. Worked on the way into work and
> didn’t on the way home.
> >
> > All controls seem as normal, the fan speed bar appear
> as normal but the fan doesn’t work. I can hear motors
> moving flaps as I adjust the controls.
> >
> > Any ideas as to likely cause?
> 
> Blower motor bushes!
> 
> Had this on mine. A sound thump on the passenger side dash
> would 
> sometimes be enough to get it going again, but that got old
> pretty 
> quickly ...
> 
> The bushes wear out. Replacing them is surprisingly easy.
> Search for "a4 
> blower motor bushes" on ebay. Haven't had any trouble
> since.
> 
> 
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