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Heater Not Blowing

Furbs
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Hi all,

My heater seems to have stopped working on my 1998 BMW E36 316i, one day it was working perfectly fine, the next it just no longer blows out any air, and i'm not talking a little air, i'm talking nothing, I have the digital dual climate control, and when I turn the fans on, I can hear the motor clicking on, but nothing happens. Any idea's

James

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    Hi James, welcome along.

    I think someone on here has that issue too, not sure if its been resolved yet.

    Search the forum and take a look, you might find some info there.

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    It might be the resistor under the footwell....I'll warn you its a BI*CH to change VERY fiddly job!

    pm me your email I have a PDF file that has a step by step how to change it

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    It might be the resistor under the footwell....I'll warn you its a BI*CH to change VERY fiddly job!

    pm me your email I have a PDF file that has a step by step how to change it

    May be a stupid question, but how exactly do you send a pm on this forum?

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    sounds like the 'hedgehog resistor' mate,IMO a piece of !Removed! to change,did mine last year with no problems,brand new ones are bit pricey but got mine 2nd hand for 20 quid :)

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    thats the badger, i emailed over the installation instructions

    Easy change just epicly fiddly!

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    ive heard the 'hedgehog resister' fixes this to.

    welcome to the club also :)

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    Any chance you can post the instructions up Greeney?

    It could help others in the future.

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    Pinned this in the electronics thread last week.....not one person said thanks

    ba*tards the lot o' ya! lol

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    Oh yeah...and thanks;-)

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