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JEBWrench
Joined: 06 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:18 pm Post subject: Blower Won't Shut Off |
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First of all, I'm sorry if the answer to this one is the same as an earlier post, but I wanted to be sure.
Last night, after driving into town, the blower in our 91 Olds 98 (I so do love that name :P ) kicked on, and absolutely refused to shut off. Even after shutting the engine off, and removing the key. We finally got it off by unhooking the battery, but I was wondering what could be done to keep this problem from coming back - or at least knowing what to do about it should it happen again. (We haven't yet tried reconnecting the battery, since we don't have anywhere to go today.)
I haven't been able to find any clear-cut answers, everything I've found thusfar has been mixed to say the least - from removing a fan relay, to the blower resistor, to the entire fan control unit.
Hopefully this is only a little more difficult to fix than our last problem, which turned out to be pennies in the cigarette lighter. (It's amazing what a little short can do to a battery...)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Oh, and, uh, hi. I'm new to the board. :P |
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andrewk
Joined: 18 May 2005
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Location: Ames, IA
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:26 pm Post subject: Re: Blower Won |
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Welcome to TOC.
You have a short to a constant 12V power source. This could be in the switch, or in the wiring harness. I would take a test light, and/or multimeter and check out the switch and the harness to the fan motor.
Andrew |
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JEBWrench
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:09 pm Post subject: Re: Blower Won |
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Well, now I'm going to sound pretty dense - but I don't have access to a Chilton's manual. (I know, always good to have one) - but with situations around here that happened I can't get into, a lot of our maitainence materials and such were... liberated.
Can I possibly get a general description of where on the harness and where the blasted switch is. (Though I didn't get a good look around under the hood last night with a flickering flashlight in the dark.) |
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HAVOC
Joined: 09 Jan 2007
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Location: alaska
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:19 pm Post subject: Re: Blower Won |
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| i had the same prob with my silhouette turned out to be the BLOWER MOTOR RESISTER which for me is located behind the glove box on the back side of the blower motor kinda PITA to get to |
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88delta88
Joined: 09 Jun 2003
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Location: Canada
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:21 pm Post subject: Re: Blower Won |
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| does this car have electronic climate control, or just manual 4 /5 position fan switch? |
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JEBWrench
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:54 am Post subject: Re: Blower Won |
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| It's got ECC. |
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