Does the coolant system have any control or.

Tiny
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Does the coolant system have any control or influence on the electrical control system for the cabin heat/blower motor?

The defrost on the car has not been working well, which led me to suspect a minor leak in my heater core. I tried adding Bars Leak for heater cores to my cooling system and the blower motor quit working after I guess the first time running the car. I am thinking it is coincidental?

Any way, I have connected the blower straight to the battery to eliminate that as the issue.

I have now replaced the resistor and the heater control unit. Still no blower.

The fuses have continuity.

The relay works, however, is not being energized.

Thanks for your help.
Josh
Monday, December 10th, 2012 AT 12:58 AM

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Tiny
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First of all, bad idea with bars leak. It cloggs the system up with gunk.

Is there any power to the resistor?

Roy
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Monday, December 10th, 2012 AT 1:00 AM
Tiny
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Testing the orange wire to ground? No.
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Test for power to the resistor, not ground. We are looking to see if there is available power for it to work

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Monday, December 10th, 2012 AT 1:05 AM
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Which wires or terminals should have power?
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Monday, December 10th, 2012 AT 1:11 AM
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Does not appear to be 12v at the resistor
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Monday, December 10th, 2012 AT 1:20 AM
Tiny
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Are you there?
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Monday, December 10th, 2012 AT 2:00 AM
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It seems to me that testing the orange wire to ground would give the same answer. Anyway, there is no power at the resistor. Where do I go from here?

Josh
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Monday, December 10th, 2012 AT 3:53 AM
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Try this wiring diagram
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Monday, December 10th, 2012 AT 12:15 PM

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