Got the blower motor out in 25 minutes. Taking a break then it’s back into the garage to anchor the motor and put it all back together.
-D > On Jun 7, 2018, at 5:38 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > ..it pours. > > Tuesday morning I get a call from spousal unit. > > “My car won’t start and the battery is dead!” > > Hmm. Just put a brand new battery in the car a month ago. Strange. > > So she makes alternative transportation arrangement for work, and oldest son > goes out and puts charger on the battery for me so I can check things out > when I get home. Oldest son texts me shortly after: > > “When I hook up the charger I can hear the AC blower running. It’s on even > with the key and the ACC turned off.” (He knows about REST - good boy!) > > Hmm. Told him to disconnect the charger. Ordered a fan controller, assuming > that it’s shorted out and leaving the fan running all the time. > > Fast forward to this morning. I’m on the highway on my way to work and all > the sudden the display on my W210 wagons starts going berserk. > > “Check Engine Electronics - Check Engine” and an accompanying CEL. Poop. > Continue on, as car is running fine. > > Stress and fret all day, assuming the worst. > > Get home, jump into some work clothes and get out the SDS. Hook it up to the > W210 wagon and run diagnostics. P0400 error. Whew! So now I need to see if > I’ve got a bum hose or a clogged up EGR. Could be a MAP issue, but unlikely. > > So since I’ve gotten all grungy, I figure I’ll poke around on the R129 and > get it ready to pull the blower housing for when the fan controller comes in. > So I disconnect the blower at the connector behind the brake booster, as I’m > going to pull the yellow (control) wire out of the harness and hook > everything else up to see if the fan still runs to confirm the controller is > stuck on. I notice that there’s a bunch of corrosion around the connector, > so I pull everything apart and give it a good dose of DeOxIt. > > I pull the filter from the blower housing so I can see the fan turn, and I > plug the blower harness back in with everything in place. No blower. > > So it would appear that the blower controller was triggering due to the > corrosion on and around the connector. Dang it. Oh well, at least it’s > working so I can get the spouse back in that car. > > Then I look down in the blower housing, and guess what? > > Yup, the strap that holds the motor in place is broken, as they all do. > > So I’m pulling everything apart tonight to fix that and I’ll be done with it > and can tear into the W210 and see what causing the P0400. > > I wonder why all this stuff happens at the same time…. > > -D > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
