Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 97 1.1 Heating dilemma

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Thu 17 Dec 2009 09:53
97 1.1 Heating dilemma - helmet
Now I probably know the answer to this, but I thought I would throw it open to you guys.

Friends girlfriend has a 97 Fiesta, and it is blowing cold air when the fan is switched on, however the temp gauge goes up at the same time.

Ideas?
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Thu 17 Dec 2009 10:43
97 1.1 Heating dilemma - piston power
Is the matrix blocked? is the heater valve seized? is there enough coolant|?
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Thu 17 Dec 2009 16:26
97 1.1 Heating dilemma - helmet
Your 3 thoughts have one of the 2 ideas that I thought.

Despite it's age,it is regularly serviced, so I would guess that the low coolant is maybe not an option.

The other 2 are exactly what I thought, although i'm leanong towards the common Fiesta problem of a knackered control valve.

I'll re-post in due course, hopefully at the weekend.
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Thu 17 Dec 2009 17:50
97 1.1 Heating dilemma - Rattle
Is the MK3 or MK4?

If its the MK3 the gear linkage was mechanical and this does not suffer from the heater valve problems the MK4 did.

They did not make any 1.1 MK4s but they did still sell some left over 1.1 MK3s in 1997 so I suspect this is the last of the MK3s.
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Sat 19 Dec 2009 20:12
97 1.1 Heating dilemma - helmet
Problem now sorted. It was the control valve, and my mates girlfriend is now all toasty.

Took him all of half an hour to fix, and got the valve new from the local motor factors for £25. Guy says he keeps them in stock, as he gets lots of sales from them.

Cushty.

Edited by helmet on 19/12/2009 at 20:13

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