blower motor weirdness

Huw Powell audi at humanspeakers.com
Sat Nov 29 13:09:14 PST 2008


Could some junk have gotten in there, to stop it from starting properly, 
and then make it noisy when it does run?

Up here it's been leaf-in-the-plenum and acorns-in-the-glovebox season...

CL Wong wrote:
> Patient: 200q20v
> I've been trying to diagnose a non working blower motor.  I did a new blower motor and heater core summer of 2007 and really don't want to pull it all out again.
> 
> Wiring checks out per the bently.  Motor gets voltage when I set the temp to low and the speed on high.  I can see the brush sparking like it wants to start moving but blower motor won't move until I jump start it with a carefully placed screwdriver to start the motor spinning.  
> 
> I have the blower running right now but it's a bit noisy and not as fast as I would expect.  Can I lube this thing or is something else wrong?
> 
> it worked pretty good last winter and this summer so I'm not sure what could be wrong.
> 
> thanks in advance.
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