Replaced today, and I have heat again. Of course it would happen on the coldest days of the winter so far. And though it was a little warmer today, it started raining about halfway through the job. Always the way it goes it seems.
I replaced both the blower motor and the control board. Looking at the old control board housing, one of the contact pins is dark and the plastic around that pin is brown, so I am guessing it burned out and the motor was OK. But I'll keep the old motor as a spare. Wasn't a terrible job but enough of a PITA that replacing the blower motor at the same time was probably worth the trouble. Allan On Tue, Jan 4, 2022, at 4:45 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: > Well I have the parts ordered. $285 from FCP Euro for a new blower, new > "resistor pack" (it's actually a more sophisticated electronic speed > control, recommended to replace while you have the fan out) and a new > cabin air filter. Went with Mahle Behr brands so it was a bit more > expensive than it could have been but cheap parts are a poor economy if > there is any kind of difficulty involved in the replacement. > > Allan > > > On Tue, Jan 4, 2022, at 1:30 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: >> Thanks for the info. I loved my Volvo in the pre-Benz days but that was a >> 1959 544S. >> >> On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 11:47 AM Allan Streib <astr...@fastmail.fm> wrote: >>> __ >>> 2009. I needed an SUV and a guy at work was selling it. Got a good deal on >>> it because it needed new rear wheel bearings. It was very well maintained >>> otherwise, he had all the records and always went to the dealer even for >>> stuff like tires and wiper blades. It's actually a very nice car, >>> >>> Looking at the videos the fan replacement doesn't seem much worse than a >>> W116/W123. Remove the glove box and a few other panels, there are five >>> screws holding the fan in. One is inaccessable and most people advise >>> breaking that tab off. To get at it you have to remove about half the dash. >>> But there was one video that showed how to unbolt another part, then you >>> can wedge the fan housing over enough to get at the last screw. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2022, at 11:21 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: >>>> What year is that Volvo? WHy do you own it?? >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 9:30 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>> Blower in the XC90 suddenly not working today. Checked the fuse, it was >>>>> OK. Replaced it anyway just in case, nothing. >>>>> >>>>> The official R&R calls for removing half the dash. It's about $1,000 job >>>>> at the stealer. >>>>> >>>>> YouTuber has posted a way to break a plastic tab and do the job in an >>>>> hour. Will be watching later tonight. We'll see how this goes. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> 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 _______________________________________ 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
