Air vents in car problem

[olgit]

Just got a 318ti compact 1996 and when I turn on the fan for the heater nothing seems to be blowing through the vents I can hear the flaps moving when I turn the directional knob on the heater controls on the dash but it seems like the vents are blocked or somthing any info would be a great help, thanks.

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[ajoystick]

check your fuses, i had the fan stop working while driving in this Texas 104 degree heat and lucked out with a simple blown fuse. Havn't had a problem since.

If you drive at a reasonable pace 50ish Mph without the circulation button pushed on does air still come into the cabin?

[olgit]

Thanks for your reply, the fan actully works and I dont have a circulation button on my car or air con,dont really need mutch air con in U.K it just seems when I put the fan on there is no flow coming though the vents or very little flow like if somthing is blocking them, ie:like if someone was squeezing a pipe to stop the flow of somthing,I just wondered is there a filter within the vents that could be blocked anymore info would be a great help
Thanks

[tiFreak]

just trying to cover all bases here, but do you have the knob set to blow out of the windshield defroster or footwell vents?

[olgit]

Yeah I've turn all the knobs and everything, I also have owned other BMW's before I used to have two E30's but this is the first E36 I've had so it seems to have a few extra things going on ie: I was talking to someone else about this and they said are the filters in the vents blocked as my old E30's did'nt have this I was wondering if it was that,but where are these filters if my car has them.
thanks

[tiFreak]

here's a walk-through on replacing the filters:
http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7836

I've honestly never heard of them getting so clogged that they blocked airflow though

[olgit]

Thanks tiFreak you've been a great help, I'll give it go and see if I have any filters in the car now I have this info and see what happens, once again thanks dude.....