Re: 405 recirculation motor clicking!

Go For It Ed!

Get those wire cutters out.

I'm usually prepared to give most things a disproportionate amount of time to repair them and get satisfaction from doing so. But this is in the 'too difficult' pile - drilling rivets out with the attendant risk of screwing up other things on the way etc.

I cant think of the last time I used the recirculation mode. It is too slow to shut to avoid the smell of an oil-burning car in front or to avoid the'farmyard effect'. It seems to that its only useful application is in great extremes of temperature when either the heater or aircon could use a bit of help.

I too am suffering from this on a 1998 406 LX 1.9TD (Saloon). Started clicking one really cold morning a few weeks back.

Got most of the passenger side dismantled, but it looks like to get the moulded glovebox out, you need to remove the dashboard in one piece to access some screws that are otherwise hidden...

I couldn't pinpoint the actual motor at fault - and to echo other feelings on this, its a job that's too difficult right now.

I've traced the wires back to the dash panel multiconnector and propose to cut the wire there, making it easier to reconnect when (or if) I fix the motor.

Jon.

just as easy to reach round and disconnect the motor