hows everyone doin? anyways its freeeezing over here in MA and i have a question about my heater.

at first id put the heat on and it worked fine. but when i would shut the car off, the heater would make a low whining sound then shut off with the rest of the car.....i didnt think anythin of it, BUT

now, when i have the heat on high it makes alot of noise. especially when i first start the car up. it howls a little, and makes whining sounds. it does this most of the time now.

i know i need a new thermostat for the car, but i dont think that has anythin to do with it. im thinkin i need a new heater motor?? and if so where would be the cheapest and best quality to purchase one?

thanks,
matt

 

You'll need a blower motor. FCP Groton, Eeuroparts.com and others all sell them. You can buy it with or without a cage. I bought mine with because I didn't want to swap over the cage. It cost me around $140 and took about 40 minutes to swap out. It's located behind the glove box. - AB

 

My son just put one in his 98 V70 R and he got it at the dealer for around $200. FCP Groton would have been around $180 and he would of had to wait for delivery. The Volvo dealer here gives me a 15% discount. The list on the motor and cage was $225.

 

Hello Matt,

Greetings from frozen Chicagoland.

I have a friend in Fall River MA, BTW.


FCP Groton has two different brand blowersnow (they used to have only Behr, A German unit):

http://www.fcpgroton.com/volvo850cooling.htm

Once the blower starts to make noise, you pretty much have to replace it, as the two gentlemen above have stated. I tried to clean it, lubricate it & re-install it but the problem disappeared only for 2 days. I bought Behr blower from FCP Groton afterwardand it seems to be of high quality.

I would buy a blower with cage attached to it, this makes the replacement easier.

Good luck,


JPN

 

To follow up on JPN's post, change out the motor soon. If it seizes, you will also need to buy the ACC resistor as well, which is about $80. Ask me how I know [:@]- AB