fan not blowing particularly hard...

dug · Post by **dug** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:29 pm

hi there,

the fan on my wife's polo doesn't seem to blow all that hard, i mean, even when you put it on full, it makes alot of noise, but not alot of air seems to get through... making it pretty hot when driving in the sun...

is it possible that a filter or the pipes are clogged up with leaves and stuff? i haven't got the haynes manual, so anyone know where best to look for clogged ventalation on a polo 6n?

thanks.

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:26 pm

Clean the pollen filter out - don't know how to get to it, but it's from under the bonnet......

dug · Post by **dug** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:40 pm

david burton wrote:Clean the pollen filter out - don't know how to get to it, but it's from under the bonnet......

OK, can anyone tell me where i can locate the pollen filter and how to open it up to clean it out? thaks.

DScape · Post by **DScape** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 7:30 pm

dug wrote:
david burton wrote:Clean the pollen filter out - don't know how to get to it, but it's from under the bonnet......
OK, can anyone tell me where i can locate the pollen filter and how to open it up to clean it out? thaks.

Its in the top right of your engine bay, but its covered by the scuttle panel (where your wiper motor & linkage is)

There might be a few screws, can't quite remember....and there's also this to pull of as shown in this diagram...

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6384/enginebay12yo.jpg
(The circled yellow bit if some rubber to pull off, the area of black above it is the scuttle planel to remove. The screws might be located under the rubber of the windscreen...or there might not even be any...but im sure there is)

As said before, the pollen filter is the top right and it should be clearly visible. If you take it out, underneight is the heater motor.

Hope that makes sense, its pretty easy.

dug · Post by **dug** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 8:37 am

thats great, i'll give it a try tonight, thanks for your help!

DScape · Post by **DScape** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:01 am

dug wrote:thats great, i'll give it a try tonight, thanks for your help!

No problem! If you need a new filter, mine was about Â£4.

If you need the motor, I saw this on ebay coincidently!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-GOLF-MK3-AND-P ... dZViewItem
Could probs pick it up cheaper at the scrapper though or VAG parts

dug · Post by **dug** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:08 am

cheers, i think i'll stop by eurocarparts this afternoon and pick one up.

by the way, i found this DIY guide:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?i ... 84#9038884

it might be useful, the car in the photos is a left hand drive '99 jetta, so i guess on right hand drive vw's, the location of the pollen filter is reversed.

the scuttle panel in this guide appears to have already been removed, or possiblly there wasn't one on the model in the photos...

might not be identical to the 6n polo, but i think it'll be pretty close!