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Re: blower motor
If it's blowing at high speed even with the controls set to OFF, it's likely that the hi-speed relay on the blower is stuck closed, powering the blower constantly.
The relay is under the hood, on the side of the blower/evaporator housing, standard oval GM relay. If you disconnect it and the blower stops, that's your problem.
If the relay is bad, you have three options:
1) leave it unhooked but you'll lose the high speed on the blower
2) buy a new relay ($5-$10)
3) open up the current relay and clean/file down the contacts (unless the relay is burned)
Hope this helps.
Lou
The relay is under the hood, on the side of the blower/evaporator housing, standard oval GM relay. If you disconnect it and the blower stops, that's your problem.
If the relay is bad, you have three options:
1) leave it unhooked but you'll lose the high speed on the blower
2) buy a new relay ($5-$10)
3) open up the current relay and clean/file down the contacts (unless the relay is burned)
Hope this helps.
Lou
Re: blower motor
its blowing at the speed the speed control is at. Say its at the off position and the speed control is at high then it blows high, if in low it blows low. also when the control is in the heater setting it blows like it would in defrost. another thing is there's a burnt metal smell coming through the vents when i accelerate from a stop. any ideas? all these problems seem to be happening at the same time. thanks a bunch
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Re: blower motor
Then it's likely that the A/C control head is bad (the switch that selects the function of the HVAC). Diagram here to explain: http://www.austinthirdgen.org/mkport...C60_manual.jpg
If the ducting selector doesn't select the right ducts, you might have a vacuum supply problem (if it always blows at the windshield) or the switch problem (if it switches between wrong ducts).
The burnt metal smell probably comes from under the hood, it's pretty normal on our old cars to get the smells from under our hood due to failed hood seal allowing air to escape the engine compartment and enter the HVAC intake under the windshield.
Lou
If the ducting selector doesn't select the right ducts, you might have a vacuum supply problem (if it always blows at the windshield) or the switch problem (if it switches between wrong ducts).
The burnt metal smell probably comes from under the hood, it's pretty normal on our old cars to get the smells from under our hood due to failed hood seal allowing air to escape the engine compartment and enter the HVAC intake under the windshield.
Lou
Re: blower motor
Then it's likely that the A/C control head is bad (the switch that selects the function of the HVAC). Diagram here to explain: http://www.austinthirdgen.org/mkport...C60_manual.jpg
If the ducting selector doesn't select the right ducts, you might have a vacuum supply problem (if it always blows at the windshield) or the switch problem (if it switches between wrong ducts).
The burnt metal smell probably comes from under the hood, it's pretty normal on our old cars to get the smells from under our hood due to failed hood seal allowing air to escape the engine compartment and enter the HVAC intake under the windshield.
Lou
If the ducting selector doesn't select the right ducts, you might have a vacuum supply problem (if it always blows at the windshield) or the switch problem (if it switches between wrong ducts).
The burnt metal smell probably comes from under the hood, it's pretty normal on our old cars to get the smells from under our hood due to failed hood seal allowing air to escape the engine compartment and enter the HVAC intake under the windshield.
Lou
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Re: blower motor
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