RE: 91 200qw: climate control fan

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.com.pl>]

If you remove the black rubber duct that is used to vent the blower
motor you will see the brushes. I sprayed some contact cleaner and WD-40
in there. So far so good - motor starts every time at -15degC.

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ed Kellock [SMTP:EKELLOCK@ECS-INC.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, December 18, 1997 7:32 PM
> To:	'Aleksander Mierzwa'; 'quattro@coimbra.ans.net'
> Subject:	RE: 91 200qw: climate control fan
> 
> Well the verdict, this time, was the sharp-blow-to-the-blower-housing
> method.  I was under the hood with the cowling cover pulled off and
> trying to jumper different things per Bentley and #1 below, and at one
> point I just reached over and smacked the blower housing with my fist.
> 
> Viola! (sic)  Ugh.  Fan running.  Put back together, leave alone.  For
> now....
> 
> I will replace the mutli-function sensor soon though; still got that
> flaky temp gauge.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>