At the risk of being labeled an antagonist, I am wondering what is the latest on the problems with RepairLink. Could someone please update this post and or fix the issues. Again, this past week, I was hoping I could look up parts for early 2000's Ford vehicles and alas.......... It is very frustrati...

Also, I am needing a window channel for the left rear window. Cannot find anything, new or used. Anyone have ideas?

I have a wiring diagnostic tool that you attach to the source (transmitter) and a wand that can trace the circuit. Very handy. Ya, I have a Fault Finder tool that gets it fair share of use. The issue Im having in this case is that I have no idea where the wiring goes. Do I just start removing inter...

I have this 1990 Buick Electra Park Avenue Ultra with an issue that the right rear power window goes up but not down. My diagnosis has led me to an open wire between the master switch and the right rear door switch. I am wondering how can I find that broken wire if I do not know where the wiring goe...

Well, Steve, just when us older ones have the answers, they change the question.

Wow! Good work.

Rich wrote:I would get into the revision 9

Sorry for exposing my ignorance but what is Revision 9? Sounds like something I need to get familiar with.

Ok, so it is Monday morning. I have this 2012 Hyundai Sonata with a 2.4L VIN C engine. MOD calls for 4.86 quart. So, I put that in. Ran the engine. Checked oil level after a few minutes. Barely above the "ADD" mark. So, I add 3/4 quart. That brings it up to the full mark. In the interest of customer...

MOD typically agrees with OEM. My concern was that by using the figures given by both OEM & MOD, at times they do not bring the oil level up to the full mark. Then what?

Thanks guys for your input.

Well, I thought so. Yesterday it happened again to me. I changed oil in a 2017 Chevy Impala. MOD says it takes 6 quart of 5-30 DEXOS oil. So, that is what I put in. However, after running the engine after oil change and refilling, the oil level barely made it to the hatched area between "add" and "f...

So, the dipstick is not used as a measurement of when the "full" level is reached? I realize, I'm old school, so to speak, but my concern is when the customer checks the oil level the next morning and it isn't full, he comes back to us saying "You didn't put the correct amount of oil in". How do we ...

My fellow men: When the engine oil is being changed in a vehicle, how do you determine how much oil and what kind of oil to put back in the engine? Say you look it up and MOD says it takes 6 quart, do you simply put 6 quart in and stop at that even though the dipstick shows barely above the add mark...

ricmorin wrote:The motors that I have checked are usually in the 15 to 18 amp area. Some even around 12-13.

Thanks for your help Ric. I greatly appreciate your input on this particular application as well as general diagnosis on other vehicles.

Ric, would you say that the blower motor draw amperage specs I am seeing are pretty much applicable to most vehicles? Im trying to get a better baseline for diagnostic purposes because we do alot of this kind of work and we do see many Chrysler Products blower motor failures. Perhaps more than any o...

Ok, I just connected a new blower motor to the resistor and ran it. The new one has a draw of only 19 amps and it is rock steady. I think I may have found the problem.

It is kind of frustrating that I cant seem to find OEM specs for this vehicle as to what blower motor amp draw should be.

Ok. Im back. Installing a new OEM resistor has given me a high speed blower motor draw initially of 28 amps, after a few seconds of running it drops back to 23 but varies from 22-25 while running. At the same time, I am hearing the blower motor changing speed as well as sound. Like up and down in rp...

So, the amperage draw of 13 amps with the speed selector on the fourth setting is high. So, apparantly even with a new motor, it is drawing too much. Cause if the fourth speed is drawing 13 amps, high speed will draw more and we have a 40 amp dedicated fuse for the blower motor so using your theory ...

Just a thought, is the harness ok. We replace a bunch of them. In closely examining the wiring harness connecting to all 6 terminals of the resistor, there is no evidence of overheating. There is even the marks made by the female terminals on the male terminals so I am forced to assume that there i...

Additionally, since you called this a blower resistor I am assuming this is a manual AC system and not automatic. The automatic system uses a blower module, not a resistor. Am I correct? Correct. The automatic system uses a blower module, not a resistor as such. However, in this case, we have a man...

I agree: amperage is the critical measurement. What amperage draw should I see with the blower motor switch set to high?

No, I did not use OEM parts. Is that where I made a mistake? I used a Standard resistor and a 4 Seasons motor.

I have this 07 Grand Caravan SXT with a 3.8L engine. Initially it came in with the blower motor not working. We diagnosed it, replaced both the blower motor resistor and the blower motor. Since that time (3 month) we have had 3 more blower motor resistors fail on high speed. My question is "In attem...