blower motor problem

Asked by Guru9PKKGZ Jun 29, 2022 at 05:44 PM about the 2000 Honda Civic DX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

new blower motor had no plug so i had to butt splice two wires. do the wires
only go one way or do i have another problem. blower motor is getting very hot

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Gene answered 2 years ago

Blower motors are cooled by the air getting drawn through them as they run, possibly it is running backwards. Switching polarity changes motor direction.

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James answered 2 years ago

In other words if you connect the wires backwards the motor will spin backwards. Hope that helps! Jim

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