VW heater problems

[hairy]

Hi all
im after some advice i have a vw bora and the heater resister keeps blowing ~(4 time in a year), now im stuck on wot to do next ???
cheers hairy

 

[Dutcho]

There's no sign of coolant or anything getting into it ?

 

[hairy]

no mate there's nothing it dry

 

[Dutcho]

Just trying to think of a reason to why it keeps blowing. I take it you know how to change it ok by now then lol

 

[hairy]

yeah i payed a garage twice @£45 per hour greedy rats it takes to minutes , the other thing is could it be the blower it's self im not sure on that and i don't wont to take the glove box out to change it and find that it's not that ??

 

[magic roundabout]

have you had a diagnostics check done it on it m8, and what year is your bora

 

[magic roundabout]

is it just the resistor that keeps blowing or the fuse too? and have you noticed anything happening on a regular occurance prior to it blowing

 

[hairy]

yeah mate its just the resistor only (no fuse popping) nothing unusual happenig ive bought another 2 if the next 1 goes in going to try the blower itself, the year of the car is a 2004 with 65 grand on it only used twice a wk if it's lucky . i have heard it's unusual for it to blow that many time and that it could be the heater blower it's not spinning correctly ( worn fan ) but any advice is welcome as it 's doing my head in
thanks for getting back to me
cheers hairy

 

[Ja5]

are the new resister patern part or genuine? just a guess really but cant see why it would keep happening unless bad connection or short somewhere.

Out of interest anything else like bulbs blowing ?? what about volatge check ?