No inside blower motor fan working (Page 1/1)
72and86 JUN 13, 11:30 AM
Still going through my project 1986 SE car.
I get no internal fan (blower motor) on any climate section option. No fan on ANY speed. I hear the buzz of the routing of where the air should be directed but NO air. Fuse checks out.
Also:
I hear the AC try to engage and engine decrease in RPM but the compressor doesn't come on. (may be out of R12).

So no fan on anything . any speed.
Where do i start? Thanks guys.
imacflier JUN 13, 12:16 PM
From the '88 FSM:

1. Check Htr/AC fuse
2. Ignition switch in run, does blower operate in at any speed setting?
3. If NOP, then disconnect blower connection, set blower speed on HI
4. Check PPL wire to ground and PPL wire to BLACK, both should show battery voltage.
5. if either open trace for open wire.
6. If good, replace blower motor.

I do not know if it is identical for the '86. You really should get an FSM.

Good luck,

Larry
Dennis LaGrua JUN 13, 12:53 PM
Put A/C on. Then go to the engine blower connector and see if you can read voltage there with a volt/ohm meter or even a test lamp. Check if voltage is there. If it is its the blower motor or the connector. If not check the blower motor relay.

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theogre JUN 13, 01:08 PM
First Pull blower motor and look at it and inside the "box."
Clean as needed.
See http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/141959.html or search blower resistor fire.

Then While keeping fingers etc from hitting the wheel... connect ground to motor case. Quick pulse Plus term to battery.
Wheel may not hurt you but it can break fairly easy.

Then Carefully follow the rest of trying to find problem(s).
⚠️ The Resistors can/will get Red Hot and Fast w/o air flow to cool them. So first select only High Speed to find issues w/ a "dead" motor.

Blower Switch and Relay controls the blower mostly.
Button board is only thing to shut off the blower and normally Only when Off Button is Depressed.
If the board has issues then could kill power to the switch BUT Blower has 2 Relays...
1 is relay to run the whole system... If that gets power to run AC compressor then board and 1st relay are good and blower should be on if the blower switch etc is good.
2 is High Speed blower that's bypassing blower power out of htr ac fuse/breaker control. Relay Contacts get power directly from FL A as most of the rest of car but W/O any smaller fuse.

Both relays are in the front next to Acc/drier.

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DukeHog JUN 13, 05:05 PM
Same happened to me a few months ago. Bad relay.
72and86 JUN 14, 01:37 PM

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Originally posted by DukeHog:

Same happened to me a few months ago. Bad relay.



BOTH of them?
DukeHog JUN 14, 04:28 PM
The relay I replaced was on the front firewall near the blower motor. In my case if I squeezed the relay with two fingers I could feel a click and the fan would come on. It would click off again when I released it.
72and86 JUN 14, 07:32 PM
Fixed.
The blower was getting power. But it wasn't turning. we removed it from the car, put it on another car battery and it blew like mad. We replaced the unit and made a better ground and now it works. It wasn't the relays or the BM. Maybe it just needed waking up. Solved,