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    blueblood Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    May 20, 2012, 06:13 PM
    Heat and air questions
    Got a new blower motor put it on, ran fine for about 2 min then fire blew out the end of the motor, is it possible that I got a bad motor from the factory?
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    May 20, 2012, 06:37 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by blueblood View Post
    got a new blower motor put it on, ran fine for about 2 min then fire blew out the end of the motor, is it possible that i got a bad motor from the factory?
    I seriously doubt a bad motor problem. Could be improper voltage or wired wrong.
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    May 21, 2012, 07:57 AM
    Agree bad wiring. How did you wire it up?
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