MateoA8

I noticed that my fan wasn't blowing when I turned corners, and at idle it would not blow 100%. I learned to live with it. But now it seems the motor is gone so says a mechanic I took it to recently. He quoted me $2 to fix it. I laughed and drove away. I mean, I could see spending $2K on a new tranny, but a stupid fan motor?

When I'm driving at a normal/fast rate of speed, I can turn the ac on and and put it on vent and a little bit of air passes through the system and will ultimately cool the car down. But sitting in traffic and driving around the city is almost unbarable.

Any suggestions?

Perpetual Novice

Doesn't look too hard...<ul><li><a href="http://www.audipages.com/Tech_Articles/heatac/fanreplace.html">http://www.audipages.com/Tech_Articles/heatac/fanreplace.html</a></li></ul>

CalG

With a replacement blower unit in hand and an assortment of 1/4 in drive extensions, wobble joints, sockets and driver bits, the entire task of replacing the blower fan should not take two hours. If you are tall, (&gt; 180cm) the task will be a snap!

The blower unit is just over $165 and several possible vendors have presented themselves on this list. Search for "blower".

A $300 task tops, at any honest repair facility. Bring the description from the tech pages back to the quoting repairman, and ask for a second quote. ;-)

CalG

Cheers

CalG

A84Life

I did this on my 97 it wasn't too bad, I finished it on a Saturday. See link for the Directions I followed: and say thanks to Paul afterwards.<ul><li><a href="http://www.audipages.com/Tech_Articles/heatac/fanreplace.html">Blower Replacement</a></li></ul>

MateoA8

I don't khow how this place got their $2000 figure.

jazbo123

My brother's S500 was quoted $1K USD for a new blower. New motor is 180$ at AZ Autohaus

Perpetual Novice

most cars you have to take apart most of the dash, and on high end cars, that can be a lot of labor.