# Flood waters **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** echo, toyota\ **Created:** [August 3, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-waters/94248 "2016-08-03T00:25:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tlw0970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@Tlw0970](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tlw0970)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-waters/94248/1 "2016-08-03T00:25:18Z")
I have a 2002 and have not had a problem with blower motor, we had a flooded parking lot at work I had to move car out of, it was working while I moved it and at end of day absolutely nothing when I turn blower on ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-waters/94248/2 "2016-08-03T00:26:29Z")
How high was the water? Tester ---
**Author:** ![Tlw0970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@Tlw0970](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tlw0970)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-waters/94248/3 "2016-08-03T00:27:21Z")
Was just below doors and not up in exhaust ---
**Author:** ![Tlw0970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@Tlw0970](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tlw0970)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-waters/94248/4 "2016-08-03T00:28:37Z")
You can hear it click if you have A/C button selected but no air blowing ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-waters/94248/5 "2016-08-03T00:33:54Z")
Did the water reach the level of the fuse box or of the blower motor? It’s also possible that it reached a level high enough to short a wire connection to ground and cause the fuse to blow. Have you checked the fuses? ---
**Author:** ![Tlw0970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@Tlw0970](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tlw0970)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-waters/94248/6 "2016-08-03T00:35:32Z")
I have checked several of the fuses and they look good ---
**Author:** ![Tlw0970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@Tlw0970](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tlw0970)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-waters/94248/7 "2016-08-03T00:36:46Z")
Is there a specific fuse for blower motor? ---
**Author:** ![Tlw0970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@Tlw0970](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tlw0970)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-waters/94248/8 "2016-08-03T00:45:38Z")
I have checked all the ones for A/C and heater ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-waters/94248/9 "2016-08-03T00:49:28Z")
There’s two. Heater fuse 40 amp, and gauge fuse 10 amp. Both are located in the instrument panel fuse box. Also, try turning the fan speed to high, and then reach under the passenger side dash and rap on the blower motor with the handle of a screwdriver. If the blower motor works, the problem is with the blower motor. Tester ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-waters/94248/10 "2016-08-03T00:51:48Z")
It may be shared with other circuits. There should also be a “normally open” relay to allow the blower to shut off automatically when the engine is shut down. If you no longer have your Owners’ Manual, try looking at the printed guide on the covers for both the cabin fusebox and the fusebox under the hood. If that’s unclear, the parts window guy at the Toyota dealer can look it all up for you. Asked nicely, they’re usually happy to help. If all else fails, try removing the fan and running it with a simple 9VDC portable radio battery. It should run freely and easily. The way the motor works is by its applied voltage being dropped with each position on the fan switch. I’ve tested blower motors this way and it’s simple and easy. ---
**Author:** ![Tlw0970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@Tlw0970](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tlw0970)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-waters/94248/11 "2016-08-03T01:09:15Z")
I’m thank you for your help ---
**Author:** ![Tlw0970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@Tlw0970](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tlw0970)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-waters/94248/12 "2016-08-03T01:10:21Z")
Thank you will try ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-waters/94248/17 "2016-08-03T13:03:11Z")
If the water never got up to the doors, I doubt that the water had anything to do with your problem. I think it was just a coincidence that this is when the blower failed. On most cars of that year, a resistor block controls the speed of the blower motor. If the blower does not work on any speed, either the blower is not getting power or the blower has burned out. Yosemite ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-waters/94248/18 "2016-08-03T13:06:59Z")
Made a mistake. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-waters/94248/19 "2016-08-03T13:09:23Z")
@Volvo_v70, to be honest, last night I was playing with the settings to try to understand how discourse handles closure of topics. I played around with Vanilla all the time, but it never showed a breadcrumb trail of my experimentation. It still appears my initial impression is right that topics may only be manually closed and I can’t archive en masse like I used to. “Archived” = “closed”. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flood-waters/94248/20 "2016-08-03T13:12:00Z")
Of course I just high jacked a thread but does that mean I could open my old threads and archive them?