New 205 owner

[NZGREG]

So this is an intro and my first post. I purchased an 89 205 gti a few months back, I love the car but it has its issues (no surprise there right). It is like driving a go kart to work everyday but you guys know that already!

The most apparent issue at the moment is the heater not working, I have changed the fan unit over but still no joy, The fan now blows hard out or not at all (90% of the time not at all) and the fan control on the dash does nothing.

I have read online that there is a resistor behind the dash control that can cause this?

Any help would be appreciated as I am freezing my ass off driving to work! Will post some pics as soon as possible.

Greg

[Goat]

Welcome aboard. Where are you based?

Yea, 205 heaters suck. hah

[NZGREG]

Thanks glad to be a member

I am in Christchurch hence the freezing my ass off on the way to work comment, if I drive fast enough heat does blow through and defrost the windscreen, not that I need a reason to drive fast but it's an excuse that seems to work on my wife as we corner at high speed

[danandrew_]

Another ch ch 205 were really getting up there in numbers! Welcome mate

[Zealot]

It's a transistor rather than resistor - a dirty great TO3 package BJT.

If you have a multimeter, do a diode test on the pins to check it's working: http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_3/chpt_4/3.html for more details (first result on google, looks right though).

The base in this case is the small pin offset from the massive ones which go through thick tracks.

[NZGREG]

Thanks for the info, I will check it out and let you know how I get on. Thanks for the welcome danandrew.
I am also wondering if a Christchurch member can recommend a local mechanic, not sure who to take the 205 to and I will need a cam belt done in the next 10k.

Thanks again

[CaM]

there was a guy on here for a while that has a garage in chch. I'm sure one of the guys wil have his number.

welcome aboard! no heaters in cars is dumb.

[cammmy]

Flick me a PM if you want to get hold of James (dude Cam is talking about)

[BigPete]

[NZGREG]

Thanks for the recommendations regarding mechanics! nothing worse than getting shafted by a dodgy garage.