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Car Forum / Oldsmobile Cars / February 2004

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1989 Delta 88 hardly blows climate control

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Northviking - 23 Jan 2004 06:03 GMT
Is there a 'filter' somewhere between the blower motor and the heater core that might need cleaning? Electronic climate control powers up the blower motor (just changed) to high speed but hardly any air blows through vents/floor or defrost into the car. The air trickles out, its hot, but just no volume and we can't get warm. Any other 'things' I should be looking at?
Steve G - 23 Jan 2004 19:22 GMT
What you have is a plugged AC evaporater.  The air conditioning has a core
that looks like the heater core, same basic idea.  They are known to plug
up.  When I first encountered the problem on my 92 cadillac a repair shop
showed me an evaporater that they had removed and it was plugged solid with
some kind of thick gooey film.  He told me that it was caused by a leak in
the evaporater which allowed the oil to ooze onto the outside fins.  He
claimed that dust then stuck to the oil and plugged it up.  His storey
didn't sit well with me, a leak would have had the oil centralized around
the hole, and this was evenly covered. I still had good cooling just no fan
so the leak thing just didn't wash. I did some further research and
discovered that the film is actually mold growing on the evaporater.  This
made a lot more sense.  Moisture collects on the evaporater when it's
cooling.  If it doesn't ever dry mold will grow.
You need to get at the evaporater.  Yo can usually clean it without removing
it.  You need to remove an access of some kind from the engine side of the
firewall.  Often removing the blower motor will provide access.  I think GM
sells some kind of cleaner.  Essentially you spray this stuff on and  blow
it out with an air hose or water hose with good pressure.
Steve
> Is there a 'filter' somewhere between the blower motor and the heater core that might need cleaning? Electronic climate control powers up the blower
motor (just changed) to high speed but hardly any air blows through
vents/floor or defrost into the car. The air trickles out, its hot, but just
no volume and we can't get warm. Any other 'things' I should be looking at?
Northviking - 26 Jan 2004 02:26 GMT
Thanks Steve

I'll poke around the engine side and see about
cleaning the AC evaporator. I did change the blower motor
last Fall but didn't think to look inside the cavity or
any filter or clogging.

Its -30 here tonight so sure could use the heat.

Thanks again
Al
Dawson Creek
brokeartist23 - 01 Feb 2004 00:59 GMT
I have a problem with my blower motor running even after turning off the car.  It keeps running until it drains out my battery.  I have a 1989 Delta 88 as well.  
G Larson - 01 Feb 2004 04:05 GMT
Relay?

> I have a problem with my blower motor running even after turning off the car.  It keeps running until it drains out my battery.  I have a 1989 Delta 88 as well.  
 
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