No heat, any input?

ok.... pretty basic question, just wanted some reasurance.... i have a 95' type-s lude, and it seemed my blower fan slowly started to die. it was weird. like it would only work if i were going 60 mph or faster. now it just recently died completley, and won't blow any hot air, and its gettin frickin' cold outside here. im thinkin it is just the blower motor, but also since it slowly seemed to started dying, could it be power related? maybe somthing simple, like a fuse? relay? faulty wires? even alternator? any input on this would be greatly appreciated.

Also just recently, the HOT air just now stopped blowin. i dont know about any of you guys, but every honda i've owned really kicks out the heat, even with the fan off and the vents shut. All my fluids are in check, newer radiator.... maybe a thermostat? if it could possibly be anything else, any advice would be awesome. Thanks!

Check to see if you are getting power(full 12volts) and ground to the blower motor while switched to the on position. If you have power and ground and your motor still isn't working, replace motor. If either power or ground isn't getting to the motor, you may have to start tracing wires with a volt meter and find where the wire or wires are shorted, That is assuming that your fuses are good and not coroded or anything,,
One thing I just thought about is to check for varment nest in blower motor.. I have seen several mice and chipmunks build nest in blower motors. They are more likely to do this during the winter. That would explain why there would be no heat coming through your vents with the blower off.
Also if there isn't any nest and you replace your motor, everything works fine except for heat not coming in, Have someone hook up a scan tool and see what the temp sensor reads. That should tell you if the thermostat or anything else is working.

huh. i have heard of mice gettin in there too, but never imagined it being a common thing :screwy: must be the residual heat the motor puts out. thanks for all the options to look for. i appreciate your time! ill post what was wrong when i check it out in case others are having this problem too

yup im pretty sure i need a new heater core now :disappoin ..... i was drivin and steam started pourin out of my center vents.... im guessing the core sprung a leak and shot antifreeze into the engine bay..... what else could that be???? any other ideas??? also i took out my blower motor and it was full of leaves and other stuff. havent put it back together yet, so hopefully that is what was causing it to stop working. im gonna test it first......

I figured something got in there..If you still have the blower motor out, Check and make sure that thing still works before you put all of that back together, The drag on the blower motor could make it go bad. If not, Great. If so..I'd hate to pull it out twice.. As for your heater core,, that sucks.. Good luck with it and keep us posted..
lilwhitelude

A relay actually burned out on the blower motor. no local parts store carries the one i need (naturally) so i had to order one from the dealer. waiting for it to come now to see if that solved the blower problem. as for the heat, the heater core has no leaks from what i see, the hoses look fine, but there is a tiny bit of coolant forming around my radiator. i topped it off a few days ago, so it could still be some spillage from that. and the radiator is only 1 1/2 years old. but steam continues to pour into my car from the vents, mostly from the very top dash vents. it smells like coolant, or syrup, whichever you prefer.... no heat still, and no defrost. it is now snowing out and i cant drive it, unless i scrape ice from the inside of my windsheild to see. :uhoh: forget that hassle. basically i need to get this fixed ASAP, and i have finals this week for the semester, so i need my car :eek: ANY input on what could possibly cause this steaming would help me out bigtime, and would be much appreciated!!! thanks!

since my heater core looks as if it has no problems that the eye can see, could it possibly just be clogged really bad??? would that cause the steaming to come into the vents? i do need to do a whole system coolant flush, its about due, but it recommends that you run your heat on high for at least 10 minutes for it to be effective, but my blower doesnt work! would a flush even be worthwhile without running the heat on high???? i'm just really confused on this one, seems sooo many things can cause these problems.......

:ylsuper: hehehehe..... before i went to pick up that insanely expensive relay from the dealer, i decided to pull the original one out and test it. i just used some power wire and the car battery. the thing clicked like it was fine, but i switched the heater motor relay with the power window relay right next to it (they were the exact same) and then my blower worked but not my windows! hmmmm it tested fine but wasnt working... so i pulled it apart and it was so corroded with rust, that it could hardly make a connection anymore. the water leaking into my car runs down my relays when it rains, and im guessing they will all be bad soon. need to find that leak.... so my blower is now fixed, and i will be doing a radiator flush tomorrow to see if i can get some frickin' heat! hooray!! :ylsuper:

did a coolant system flush on her, and the old coolant didnt look that dirty, just a little faded. i used prestone super flush, super sealer (in case any small leaks are present) and anti rust additives. seemed fine, until i drove to work, and the temp gauge went to 3/4 the way to H. i pulled over and let it cool, topped it off, and still overheated on the way home. today i bled the air out of the systme again, by opening the radiator cap and reving her up for a few minutes to get all the air bubbles out, just in case i didn't get it all the first time, and i did end up replacing the thermostat too. i test drove it for about 15 minutes, and the temp gauge didn't quite reach halfway (you can never seem to tell exactly where the temp reads, damn digital gauges :shakehead ) but i still don't seem to be producing heat, only warm air thru the vents. anything else i can do to figure that out? i think i covered all bases, other than replacing the heater core......... any input would help out greatly