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Heater Stopped Working


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Is this common and is it an easy fix!:( it's an s2 111S with aircon,while system has stopped working which isn't too good when front windscreen starts misting up!checked fuses and there fine,any help much appreciated!

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When you say the heater has stopped working - do you mean the fan - if so it is almost certainly the fan relay which is buried deep under the radiator - there is an upgrade kit available, but it is a "clam-off" I'm afraid.

 

There are 2 types of S2, those that have had a fan relay failure and those have haven't had it yet !

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Yeah the fan:( basically when I turn the knob to turn it on(from 1-3)nothing happens!so the whole clam has to come off!?is it not accessible by taking undertray off:( how much would this cost do you think?

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Clam off, Peter is bang on. Depends on labour charge. Relatively straight forward, once the clam is off then clam on realignment. 3-4 hours I would imagine the charge.

 

Edit. Someone like JSR was £45 an hour I think x3 hours plus parts

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Oh bugger!

I've got an s2, no aircon. Does the same hing happen to non-aircon S2s?

 

Fan stopped working for a few weeks, then started working again. Now not worked for a month or two.

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Oh bugger!

I've got an s2, no aircon. Does the same hing happen to non-aircon S2s?

Fan stopped working for a few weeks, then started working again. Now not worked for a month or two.

I believe so :-(

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no such problems with an old S1, full air con = roof off and windows down and go like the clappers

Which works well to de-ice windows in the winter ;-)

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Which works well to de-ice windows in the winter ;-)

sussed the de-icing windows in winter, using the Heath Robinson approach

 

1. buy a world war two gas mask and goggles

2. attach pipe from tumble dryer to exhaust

3. route heat into car......

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Oh bugger!

I've got an s2, no aircon. Does the same hing happen to non-aircon S2s?

 

Fan stopped working for a few weeks, then started working again. Now not worked for a month or two.

Yes - just the same, it happened to my S2 without aircon 

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My old S2 Exige needed a new resistor pack.  It had A/C and was >£800 at Lotus Stratstone to put right (fortunately it was on contract hire, so the lease company got that bill!).

 

Did it just stop working altogether? Mine started with intermittent operation of speed #2, then got worse. Whilst it's probably the resistor pack, it could also be the fan itself.

 

Either way though, it's clam off :(  So you might as well put an alloy rad in if not already done at the same time (like resistor packs there are 2 sorts of S2 ones that have had a replacement rad, and those that will need it)

 

IOW if you have either job done, get the other done at the same time as preventative maintenance.

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I did mine myself through the service panel (from the link a7esk provided above) it was a right pain in the arse although I've known people do it without much of a problem. Saves you taking the clam off.

The main problem is rotating the fan out to get to the bugger, then rotating it back in.

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http://wiki.seloc.org/a/Resistor_pack

 

 

This might help.

Ta, but resistor pack symptom is that some speeds work, while others don't.

 

If all of them go/come back at the same time, it's gona be something else

 

Dan

Yes - just the same, it happened to my S2 without aircon

Double bugger!

I did mine myself through the service panel (from the link a7esk provided above) it was a right pain in the arse although I've known people do it without much of a problem. Saves you taking the clam off.

The main problem is rotating the fan out to get to the bugger, then rotating it back in.

Are you talking about the resistor pack, or the fan relay?

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