KimSenger

Thanks for your quick response Ken. Unsure about the pollen filter but it will be a minimum of 2-3 years since the last change (I own the car since mid 2015). Where are the drains for the scuttle plenum (sorry, I'm not very familiar with car parts...). I have tried a few tests - leaving the car overnight in ca +15 deg C still did not get the heater blower started when idle but after driving ca 800 m and the temperature gauge rose it started. Then I had the engine heater attached and the car parked in -15 deg C and the heater blower only came on after driving about 5000 m but at a different temperature gauge reading. So it is kind of on and off, but I have 3 small kids and would really prefer to put them in a pre-warmed car where the blower works also on idle. BTW, there's a nice webcam of Svalbard at the bottom of www.unis.no - it is still definitely winter up here in the high Arctic :-) Any thanks in advance for your tips.

Am taking up this thread again as there have been some developments and we still struggle with the fan... The blower motor works BUT only if the engine has been running for 5-15 minutes - depending on temperature (which is -22 deg now...). I had the car inside one evening and then it worked fine - but now it is outside and again quite problematic. I suspect this is related to condensation stopping the fan from rotating? Any tips or suggestions I could try would be much appreciated :-) All the best from the far north, Kim

Yes, there is an AC. And actually today the fan started again out of the blue - on the 4km road to the airport (the longest road here on Svalbard). But it seems to work only on full power, so it may be the resistor after all?

Hello all, The interior fan suddenly died on me - and that's a big problem here on Svalbard at 78 deg N - and my 2008 1.2 Skoda Roomster is most likely the northernmost of its kind. Anyway, I checked the fuses (all good) and spoke to a mechanic on the phone - I will get a ventilator shipped up here and will try to sort it out (no real service here). Does anyone know where to buy pdfs of the Roomster workshop manual? Many thanks in advance for any comments. Kim