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#11 (**permalink**) 04 Mar 2005, 03:15 pm

All this time speculating on here and you could have it apart by now and
determine what is bad. Everything here is pure speculation and won't fix a
thing.......

"Pete from Boston" <masspete@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> tomb wrote:
>> Pete from Boston wrote:
>> | John Ings wrote:
>> || On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 12:01:20 -0500, Pete from Boston
>> || <masspete@my-deja.com> wrote:
>> ||
>> ||
>> ||| The blower motor on my 90 Accord just went at the perfect time --
>> ||| snowstorm, not predicted to get above freezing until at least
>> ||| mid-month. I got in yesterday and noticed that 'whiff of ozone'
>> ||| smell characteristic of a failing motor, and sure enough, the air
>> ||| stopped coming shortly thereafter.
>> ||
>> ||
>> || Are you quite sure it's the motor and not the motor speed reducing
>> || resistor? That's in the air plenum behind the glove compartment.
>> || Might
>> || be wise to check that before ripping the world apart.
>> |
>> | Nope, not at all. I got a lot of opinions/stories that indicated my
>> | symptoms were consistent with the motor going. I'll look into this
>> | resistor.
>>
>> The highest level of airflow goes from 12V through the motor directly to
>> ground, no resistors involved. Even if all of them in the pack are blown,
>> the max level will still work.
>
> On the contrary, I do get some airflow at a very low rate. If there's any
> difference between the high and low settings it isn't readily apparent.
> Both produce about what would usually come from the lowest setting.
>
> There's a new sound, now, too, coming from someplace hard to peg in the
> right half of the dash, a sort of whirring when the blower is on.
> Something not spinning right.
>
> I'll have to pull out the Haynes and the tools this weekend and have a
> look in there.
>
>

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