Hi guys,

I've owned my 2001 bugeye for a few months now (my first one) and I have to say I'm thoroughly enjoying it !
Now that the colder, damper & darker nights are drawing in I'm obviously using my windscreen blowers more & more. They are making all the right noises etc, and they do get warm but they don't seem very powerful particularly on the first couple of settings.
I'm thinking there might be a blockage somewhere perhaps, so I will have a good poke around at the weekend, but has anyone had similar problems or even a more underlying issue ?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Lee

 

i have a hawkeye and my windscreen steams up something rotten ( on both hawks ive had ) the blowers struggle to clear it untill i put the aircon on then its goes in abot 5 secs, might not be the same problem but try turning the air con on, if not i dont know

 

cheers, I will try with air con to see if it makes a difference.

 

Had the same thing on my05sti changed the pollen filter, made a massive difference got a flea bay one for £10 (look identical to original one)((but clean lol))

 

Thanks for your reply, I think I read somewhere about possibly changing the pollen filter. Is it an easy task or a bit fiddly ?

 

Very easy

https://www.scoobynet.com/members-ga...en-filter.html

this helped me

 

Probably as above is pollen filter blocked. Either repace it or remove ot totally

 

Cheers guys, just ordered a replacement filter. The step-by-step guide seems easy enough for even me to tackle !
Will post my results once fitted !

 

Thanks guys, replaced the pollen filter and the how to guide recommended by Athame1 was spot on. There were leaves, feathers and all sorts clogging up the filter.
The blowers are 10 times more powerful now!

 

Good to hear

 

Make sure the air is set to coming in from outside too and not recirculating