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Did not know that so much of the gas we buy goes to heating the engine, I used to wait for the car to get warm with much anticipation. During winter in Iceland however you get so used to the cold and seeing that I haven't had a car for about 3 years until just now, I don't mind if the car is cold, just the fact that I can get faster between places during the cold is a lifesaver Interesting information though, thank you That was my original worry, it can't be a good work space to do this work in the cold, in the snow and often in the dark haha. I will give some mechanics a call, this shouldn't be too expensive seeing as these are "luxury" problems, so to speak. The main bills are the ones to get your car driving again. Or at least I hope this is the case. You are? Yes, please do Send me a message and tell me, have you been here before?

Probably many do. But it seems they are not the ones looking to this forum for help since they know what needs to be done and that is why the PR agents, sale representatives and models are looking to this forum for help I think i.e. the ones who did not take this path of education but would still like to try for themselves, with the great help from here of course. In Iceland you do have to take workshop in middle school but that was mostly just woodwork and perhaps making a clock haha I actually created a really nice shelf unit for my record player the other day, came out great. It doesn't however give me any help in repairing my blower fan and radiator fan. Back to the topic. Seeing that the fans did not come on, I could check the voltages but in the end wouldn't I need to have some spare parts to replace the bad ones and maybe some tools for that? Even maybe a space to work in, all I have is my driveway which is covered in snow, would be terrible to loose a clip or a screw.

So it doesn't need to be specifically car repair related equipment? Sorry, I misunderstood, in English it does sometime sound like rocket science, many of the terminologies for car repair that is. I will give it a look, although it is starting to seem like a trip to the mechanic as I will be needing my Felicia to be working properly again soon, but I wanted to try it for myself first and you all have helped me a lot with that, so thank you I majored in languages and am currently working as a shift manager at a restaurant and as cabin crew for an airline. So no, nothing technical related per say. Most handiwork I do is done with luck and stubbornness.

My friend, some mechanic! Haha I'll just take it to a mechanic, I have absolutely no connections to anyone having this equipment, not to my knowledge at least. Thank you all very much for all the help, I will however let you know what the diagnosis will be from the mechanic. This forum is great, really helpful

Thank you so much, this helped a lot with jumping the connector terminals. I'm one of those where a picture helps, so much! Regarding the photo of the temp gauge, I used my iPhone and put the camera close to the gauge and focused and snapped a picture Thank you.

Ok, so I checked the fusebox again and swapped out the yellow fuse for a white fuse in the blower fan and checked the radiator fan fuse and all looked good. Then I jumped the connector terminals, first with the wire from an old auxiliary cord and when that did not work I used the metal part from a laundry clip (See photo). It didn't work, neither the radiator fan nor the blower fan came on. What do I do now? Thank you!

More photos. The fusebox seems relatively clean and dry to me, so I'm guessing that there is nothing at fault there? The photo of the temp gauge is from when it was sitting for some time and the needle went all the way up there, I turned off the engine upon noticing this.

Ok, so the car is still in the same condition. Nothing changed while it was just sitting outside. I was hoping it was just having a fit from the cold, one can hope. Blowers are still not working but the car starts right away with the same old initial struggle of the engine which goes away when I give the gas pedal a few taps and rev it up to about 3000. Like I said, I am no mechanic at all but your advice have been of great help, highly doubt that I can do anything myself to get it in a drivable mode again. But knowing this can make it easier to find a mechanic and tell him what I believe needs to be done. I have no experience in actually fixing cars, which is a bummer because I can't really afford any thing else than just regular upkeep and basic needs for the car. Here are some photos however of the engine, fusebox and the mist that formed so much that it was actually just wet, not fogged anymore. In your opinion, is there anything here in my situation that a newbie can do -DIY- for these problems? Again, thank you very much for your help.

Thank you so much for all the information. I will have a better look tomorrow and post a photo of the engine and such. More thorough answers from me tomorrow, thank you again!

Hi all, new here so I hope I am posting this in the right place. This is the thing, I need some help/advice on a recently purchased Skoda Felicia, 2000 model, 1.3 engine and has 75000km on it. Since I got it, it has been working very good but with some minor problems, I think. First thing I noticed was the car acts like it was kind of struggling on idle, still does that. The next problem I had was every now and then a short squeal came from the engine, the alternator sign came on for a couple of seconds, then went away and squealing stopped. During these incidents the lights fade a bit but come back on when the squealing stops. Have also had this happen without the squeal from the engine. Today, the heater blowers didn't work, although they have never shown signs of problems before, except a bit of whistling from the vents and I didn't think much of that. But then all settings, 1,2,3 & 4 just don't work and the car reached very quickly to high on the temp gauge. Needless to say I didn't get any driving done today. All windows fogged and frozen and car overheating, a really cold day today in Iceland. I really don't know car repairs well but after reading some forums here I'm thinking, I need a new alternator belt, temp. sensor and switch? Would you say that this is along the lines of correct? Any help much appreciated so I can buy the spares and have this repaired somewhat cheaper than going to a mechanic and have him spend days on locating the problems and buying maybe brand new ones. Also, I have noticed that the radiator fan does not come on at all but the needle on the temp gauge barely rises unless it sits idle for some time it will go all the way up to the red zone, never gotten to the red zone because I've switched it off before it got there. (Sum up: Radiator fan not working, overheat on idle, struggle on idle, alternator sign occasionally, heater blowers not working) I must admit I am fond of my boxy old looking Felicia and do want to keep it. It's a great car, reliable but has maybe trouble with aging like the rest of us Thank you in advance for all help!