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Repeatedly Blowing No. 8 Fuse
1985 Mercedes 300 CD
Not sure if this Post should go here in Diesel, or elsewhere in Tech? After working well all summer, today my AC began blowing hot air. I checked the fusebox legend and it said the Blower Motor and AC Compressor is No. 8 fuse (By the way, the Blower Motor continues to blow (hot) air just fine) I checked to find No. 8 fuse (blue, 25 Amp) discolored, so I replaced it with a new fuse. In short order, that fuse blew as well. I know to check to wires to the clutch on the AC compressor. I guess it could be a faulty, shorting, button in the Climate Control module? Any other suggestions of places to look would be greatly appreciated |
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Could be a problem at the blower or the aux fan, but mine turned out to be rotten wires at the the terminal strip right behind the overflow coolant tank.
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If the brushes on the motor are very short, they'll draw more amperage just to work normally, thereby blowing fuses.
Good luck and let us know what you do.
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Do you have a matchbox sized box on your driver's side strut tower, aka an "aux fuse?"
If your blower motor still works with a blown fuse then it's possible you have the replacement fuse and don't need the number 8 fuse. It's a mod made on many cars. I don't have a number 8 and my A/C works. You'd still need to figure out the cause - maybe the compressor, maybe the blower motor, maybe the wiring. |
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