[s-cars] Blower motor blown

[McCall, Randy]

Ron,

Don't use the long or short methods described by Stott Hare in an
earlier message!  The long way is just plain too much, and is really for
heater core replacement; the short way is unnecessary destructiveness if
you do like Fred Munro says, and create the correct tool to lever that
bad boy heater box high enough to get the blower out of the maze.  Trust
me, I've been there done that... twice.. in the past year!  Once to
replace the blower and heater core (leaking core, OEM blower was just
fine thank you very much), second time to fix the brand spankin' new
Vemo blower chirp - I didn't realize it came with a bird as part of the
purchase.  Seems as though this second unit also has a semi avian
character as well....hmmmm how much more is the dealer unit???

Total time with the long approach was many hours - total time with
Fred's approach for just the blower was only a couple hours and much
less pain.  Of course breaking loose that gasket betwixt the firewall
and heater box for the very first time will be a bit of a pain.

But of course, YMMV

-Randy
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Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:12:11 -0400
From: Thomas R Green <trgreen at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Blower motor blown
To: s-car-list <s-car-list at audifans.com>, Ron  Kirkham
	<rkaudifool at gmail.com>
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Check the FAQ link in the s-car forum at Quattroworld.com :

http://forums.quattroworld.com/s4s6/msgs/15634.phtml

You will find this article by Fred Munro:

http://12v.org/urs/HVACblowerRR.pdf

All your work is toward one purpose - to raise the airbox just enough  
to remove the
bottom screw of the 3 holding the duct and bellows from the a/c evap  
box to the
air box.  ( You remove the top two also, but that is easy.)  That  
exposes the blower
and motor for easy R/R.  After replacing the duct and screws you will  
need to get
the oval duct connector back in place inside the passenger  
compartment, then the
air box will fit back in place and you can continue to put everything  
back together.
Does that sound like one person has enough hands to do this?  YMMV

Tom '95 S6
          '95.5 S6 avant


> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:03:41 -0600
> From: ron kirkham <rkaudifool at gmail.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] Blower motor blown
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> So I spent some time on my S4 climate control issues this weekend.   
> VAG-COM
> confirms that my blower motor is shot, and supprisingly all of my flap
> motors are functional.  I'll be ordering a new fan in the next few  
> days.
> I've looked around some, and can't seem to find a write-up about  
> this little
> project.  I swear i've seen one, but can't locate it.  Does anyone  
> have
> a description they can throw my way as my Bentley is non-funk at the
> moment?  The illustration in KATE makes this look like a fun one,  
> and a BTDT
> would be most helpful.
>
> Ron
> '93 S4 with 243k and a blown blower
> '95.5 S6A blows just fine