Blower motor

[astroturf]

Besides the main vac line, What others have you replaced?

Jim

[MountainManJoe]

All of the under-hood ones.

[astroturf]

Oh, I'm sorry.

Wish I could be more of a help.

Jim

[MountainManJoe]

Manifold absolute pressure is about 30-40 kPa @ idle. Is that normal?

[MountainManJoe]

Don't you hate it when your blower doesn't blow?

It suddenly quit the other day. It doesn't work on any setting. Motor is a couple years old. Fuses look OK. Hopefully I get a chance to dive into the wiring today. Wish me luck.

[CaptSquid]

Motor is cheap and easy to replace.

[MountainManJoe]

The least expensive one I was able to find was $50. Not that cheap.

Anyway, I tried unplugging the connector and re-plugged it in.... nothing. I removed the motor and put it back in again ... and it worked. Easiest fix ever.

[krsowles]

Thank God! I was worried. Something small like a blown transmission, no big deal. A blower motor? No sense making the payments at that point! Glad it worked out easily for you and thanks for allowing my inner a#@hole a second to come out and play! Kelly

[CaptSquid]

$50??? Is it gold-plated? I only paid $17 for mine!

[MountainManJoe]

Everything is cheaper in the land of plenty.

[CaptSquid]

What plenty? I live in my van and eat bagged lunches from the Rescue Mission.

[MountainManJoe]

Good point. But at least you have cheap blower motors right.

[MountainManJoe]

Well it worked for about a day. Then it started working only on high speed. :( Guess I better check those resistors and connections. Bizarre. :-k

[MountainManJoe]

The blower motor is on the fritz again. If I put it on high speed and smack it with a hammer, it comes back to life for a while. So this piece of junk lasted about ... 2.5 yrs. And, once again, it decides to crap out in the winter when I need heat and defog the most.

Speeds 1-3 still don't work so I need to get in there and take a look at that resistor pack. I wonder if the sh***y motor fried my resistors.

[MountainManJoe]

Yes. Failing motors can draw too much current, which can lead to failure of other components. Check out this video ...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0G-8V_1RnI[/youtube]