1989 244, blower motor quit. Ordered new. Tore everything apart and there is a hose attached to the blower motor. I assume it is coolant. Question. Do I cap this line off some how? Do I have the wrong replacement part? The blower motor I have has no place for this. I have replaced blower motors on 2 92's and a 78' without encountering this before.
Thank you for your help,
Andrea

I guess you are looking at the rubber hose isolating the motor's wiring path from the airflow.





The replacement motors don't have that feature, so you'll need to pack the larger hole where the wires exit the housing with some sealant.



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Art Benstein near Baltimore

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I should have taken a few moments to look at more pics of the newer type motor.

But it seems like aftermarket doesn't feature the conduit.


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'79 242, '84 DL 2 door, '80 DL 2 door, '89 DL Wagon, '15 XC70 T6 AWD

Even though, like you, I'd been there, done that, I was unable to answer the question with any detail from memory. The pictures were my only help.
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Art Benstein near Baltimore

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Next! I only have bits of Sundays to work on the 89 and I have been driving my 71 142 in the interim. A couple of the rubber vacuum lines have come off. Does anyone have a diagram that will help me put them back together? I have very limited time on the weekends and I SOOOO appreciate your help with this!!

Hi,

I just looked over the thread and saw that Art replied to your question.

The console switch he is referring to is from the way early years when it had a manifold type system.
At least that is what it shows on the green books for my 1978 on...
That manual has a legend and an illustration.

I have noticed by 1990, the console switch changed externally, in such, the hoses hook up directly using lots of tees from one line.
In the Bentley it shows the newer version with a poor illustration.
I see and feel your dilemma as there is no diagram provided.
By me saying feeling this, I mean I have a complete 1990 console, including the ductwork, taken from a JY many years ago.
It is strung out on a shelf just as I brought it home packed in a wagon.
It looks like the vacuum lines got separated while yanking the thing! Ugh!

The vacuum source from the white bottle goes on to the right side port of recirculate. That hose will have the three tees and a terminating plug.
Right now, it’s stuck on there on the “rear” most port. Right or wrong I don’t know?
That button has the largest diameter vacuum motor that closes the recirculating door from outside air, so it makes sense.
The three tees can easily go across sideways on either front or rear ports? The Bentley shows it sideways, maybe for clarity. There are three lines and a fourth sneaking up someplace? No information.
I have those four lines as shown, but only one connected to the “floor” button rear nipple port.
That button, it just so happens, is the only one with three nipples instead of two. So coming sideways, the three tees must line up with one of the two rows?

Good luck in seeing the hoses having numbers from Volvo. I found three hoses with only one number printed sparsely. I mean very small numerals!
The vacuum source had several #6 numerals along its length, though?
#1 goes to the fan inlets vacuum motors
#2 is defrost vents
The “No number” but had some white dots is by default are those feet vents.
#4 was to the recirculate outside vent door, on the rear of the console. Use for max A/C or ventilation.
#6 or #9 is source vacuum to the three inline tees off the vacuum bottle.

This make me think the source line goes across sideways to feed three buttons simultaneously.

The floor ports button, might have two circuits to operate the fan inlets motors and the #2 to feet vents motors in pairs or it’s a vent for the switch.
I’m at a loss unless I was hooking these up and using my handy held held vacuum pump.
With that, it become self explanatory with operating the buttons and hearing things.



Bye the way Art, those hand me down manuals you sent me matched up well within my original green book set that I purchased back in the early eighties.
Yours were revisions or by part number “up grades” from Volvo. So, they sit right nicely in behind the older ones.
Thanks again, It gonna give someone a treat figuring out which one to use! (:)

Good luck all, bed time!

Phil

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Art Benstein near Baltimore

Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now.

Art,
I finally found where the last vacuum hose went. Thank you so much for your patience!!

Andrea,

Please take a minute and look closely at the bottom of the switch and the vacuum hoses. You'll see that the switch ports are numbered 1 through 6 and the hoses are marked with matching numbers.

Look closely.
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Art Benstein near Baltimore

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Some 240 owners have been known to run a a tube to carry oil to the blower motor when it starts getting noisy. I'd guess this is what you are seeing.

I would remove it entirely.

The motor on the '89 is just like the others you have replaced.

EDIT: I have just seen an illustration of a 240 blower motor that does have a hose of some kind attached to it. But it is to route electrical wiring. It only shows power supply and ground wires so I do not think such a motor would work in your car unless someone did some one off wiring. Was the resistor present in your car?

If you purchased a permanent magnet type motor, which really is all that's available, you are okay. But you do need the resistor and the four speed switch.

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'79 242, '84 DL 2 door, '80 DL 2 door, '89 DL Wagon, '15 XC70 T6 AWD

Did you check your fan speed controller resistor. When they burn out you loose some or all the speed settings. The hose on the fan is just to drain any moister away.

It would still run on high speed, given a sound motor.


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'79 242, '84 DL 2 door, '80 DL 2 door, '89 DL Wagon, '15 XC70 T6 AWD

Nope,it was noisy for a bit, then died like a heart attack. nothing. It is getting power and yes,I have the resistor as well. Thanks for the support, I saw that hose and it never occurred to me that it was just a drain!