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Car help please

Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:41 pm

my daughter got a 04 renault clio,the heaters go on for a bit then go off anyone know what fault could be.

Re: Car help please

Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:46 pm

x grangetown wrote:my daughter got a 04 renault clio,the heaters go on for a bit then go off anyone know what fault could be.


im sure you know most women blow hot and cold mate, be they mothers, daughters and aunties

Re: Car help please

Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:47 pm

x grangetown wrote:my daughter got a 04 renault clio,the heaters go on for a bit then go off anyone know what fault could be.


Do they still blow air but just cold?

Re: Car help please

Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:54 pm

The heater went on my daughters Clio and it was the heater element. New part plus labour wasn't cheap, sorry mate.

Re: Car help please

Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:57 pm

Could be a number of things.

Thermostat
Heater Valve
Heater Matrix
An air lock

Check coolant levels

Try squeezing the pipes as this may help with an air lock. :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah:

Re: Car help please

Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:59 pm

Did you buy a new motor mate.

Re: Car help please

Wed Dec 19, 2012 7:06 am

Sounds like the bushes in the heater motor need changing.

Re: Car help please

Wed Dec 19, 2012 7:55 am

Do anyone fix them or know a place thanks.

Re: Car help please

Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:24 am

A garage ;)

Re: Car help please

Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:33 am

When my heaters were playing up they worked for a bit then stop then randomly start again it was the bushes
Auto parts in pontypridd did mine it was awhile ago but wasnt really expensive

Re: Car help please

Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:41 am

x grangetown wrote:Do anyone fix them or know a place thanks.



I seem to remember though I'm not quite sure reading about this problem somewhere before.One thing you can be sure of though,if its intermittent then its more likely to be a bad connection than a componant failure.What I seem to remember is this person spent a couple of hundred replacing components only to find he had a bad connection and that was after listening to a garage too.Hope that helps.

Re: Car help please

Wed Dec 19, 2012 5:43 pm

Thanks guys.She just got in from work and said there working again.So they are stop start all the time.

Re: Car help please

Wed Dec 19, 2012 7:31 pm

cheapest fix could be that the coolant level is low in the rad