Front Heater Not Working Found Fuse Melted Plz Help

[mrjay15]

Hi all my car has gone wrong again lol i have a 1998 2.0lt petrol i was cleaning the inside of my car the other day and noticed 2 wires hanging down by the Accelerator pedel it looked like it had melted anyway on touching this i noticed afterwards the front heater stopped working so i moved the wire again and the heater started working again but i noticed the wires were getting very very hot so i moved the wires again and one broke off now the heater doesnt work i have removed the blower from behind the glove box to see if it had seized but all seems fine there moving freely all bushes inside have plenty of life left on them so i cleaned it all and put it back together rejoined the wire but they are still getting very hot can someone please help me with this as dont want the car to catch fire with my family in it

 

kind regards james

[chrispb123456]

Hi there

When you say wires hanging down sounds very much like somethings been bypassed/rewired, have you had a problem with blower before, or have you just aquired car? can you see where these wires are running from and going too.

The wiring on the heater motor is quite substantial, as the motor draws a large current when on full power, maybe the size of the wire is to small for the job.

[mrjay15]

Hi there

When you say wires hanging down sounds very much like somethings been bypassed/rewired, have you had a problem with blower before, or have you just aquired car? can you see where these wires are running from and going too.

The wiring on the heater motor is quite substantial, as the motor draws a large current when on full power, maybe the size of the wire is to small for the job.

 

 

hi there i have just been out at the car again the wire is ver thick looks like the factory wiring ive looked at the fuse box and the fuse for the heater is missing and the part around where the fuse goes has melted so someone must of bypassed it before i got the car??

 

maybe the bypass wasnt done rite and part of the wires were touching causing the wire to over heat im not sure