'92 240--blower motor stopped

Discussion in 'Volvo 240' started by mccaldwell2, Nov 6, 2005.

  1. mccaldwell2

    mccaldwell2 Guest

    Out of nowhere, the blower motor on '92 240 has stopped working.
    Neither speed switch nor AC toggle (usually automatically turns on to
    low speed) will activate fan. Fuses 3 and 12 appear intact. ALLDATA
    mentions a blower motor relay, but nothing as to location. Only related
    relay with location shown is the AC relay behind center console near
    bottom of pass side. Does power to switch control also go through this
    relay, making this the likely problem? Any test other than replacing?
    Any place else to look for solution?
    Thanks.
     
    mccaldwell2, Nov 6, 2005
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  2. mccaldwell2

    User Guest

    Power from the key goes to the A/C relay that when switched on applies
    power to the resistor block allowing #1 speed when the blower switch is
    off. Power from the key travels directly from the switch to the resistor
    block, to the motor. The spped is controlled by which wire grom the
    switch provides power to which resistor stack to allow each of the
    possible speeds. #4 speed is direst to the motor. It sounds like the
    motor has gone belly up. Everything you need to gain access to is
    enclosed in the heater box.

    Bob
     
    User, Nov 7, 2005
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  3. mccaldwell2

    mccaldwell2 Guest

    That's definitely not the answer I wanted to hear (though clearly may
    be the correct one and with your wiring description, not really any
    other options). I've been driving 240s for many, many years and have
    never had a blower motor go without first living through months, or
    even years, of noise. Is there any other possibility at all? '92 and
    '93 were a bit different than former years. And, again, ALLDATA lists a
    specific "blower motor relay" but without any further description.
    Thanks.
     
    mccaldwell2, Nov 7, 2005
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  4. mccaldwell2

    mccaldwell2 Guest

    Looking at the wiring diagram, it looks like all lines (direct as well
    as AC relay delivered) run through the fan switch on way to blower
    motor. If plug to back of switch is pulled, would no blower power under
    all conditions result??
     
    mccaldwell2, Nov 7, 2005
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  5. mccaldwell2

    mccaldwell2 Guest

    Looking at the wiring diagram, it looks like all lines (direct as well
    as AC relay delivered) run through the fan switch on way to blower
    motor. If plug to back of switch is pulled, would no blower power under
    all conditions result??
     
    mccaldwell2, Nov 7, 2005
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  6. mccaldwell2

    James Sweet Guest


    It's easy to check, find the wire going to the motor and measure the
    voltage on it with the fan turned on, if you get 12V and the motor isn't
    running then the motor is bad.

    I found that replacing it isn't really as terrible as I would have
    thought, I did it on my mom's 240 last year and while it took me about 4
    hours, a good portion of that was trying to get the stupid blower wheel
    off one side where it had stuck on there really firmly.
     
    James Sweet, Nov 7, 2005
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