[Benz_el]

Hi,

I need some information and advice regarding a whining noise coming from behind the dash on the passenger side of my 1989 300D saloon.

It sounds like a compressor of some kind?

How do I go about removing the dash on the passenger side, so as to get to what ever it is that is whining away behind the dash?

Thanks. B.

 

[Zeitgeist]

Perhaps it's a defective climate control sampler motor. I believe you have to remove the glovebox to gain access. They're not all that expensive or difficult to replace.

 

[augapfel]

It does sound like a dry bushing/worn out HVAC sampler motor. To get at it the glove box has to come out. Air outlet at the extreme right must also be removed to access a screw. Then the whole interior-color trim panel has to be removed. The sampler motor is clipped to that trim panel. It's a D-battery size affair connected to a rubber hose that runs up the A-pillar. Do a search on sampler motor. I know I've posted location pics.

 

[Jayare]

Use the search feature of the site and look for "glove box removal". The sampler motor lives behind it..

Good Luck,

Jayare

 

[Benz_el]

Thanks guys, problem solved.

I removed the glove box and got my hands on the sampler motor.

I sprayed WD40 into the motor housing and that seems to have solved the noise problem.

One more question though.....the sampler motor has an outlet/inlet nozzle on it....is there supposed to be some kind of hose attached to it?

And no the car doesn't have A/C if you where going to ask.

Thanks again. B.

 

[zviratko]

the hose goes to the hole in the ceiling next to the interior light... there is the temperature sensor that takes measurement of the interior temperature.

Btw does anybody know how to get to the sampler motor on a W124 with passenger airbag? Mine stopped working and I have no idea where to start...

 

[mjd]

My whining noise on the passenger side is usually my wife when she hears how much $$ that I have spent and what I plan on investing on my ride in the future.

 

[augapfel]

Yes, benz el, there should be a somewhat large rubber hose connected to one end of the sampler motor. That's why I said that the trim panel should be removed to access the motor. It's hard to work back there and get those parts connected and positioned correctly if you do the job through the glove box opening. Unless you have very small hands or two elbows on each arm.

 

[Benz_el]

Oh dear!!!

Well augapfel my sampler motor does not have a hose attached to it.....which is why I asked.....as I thought it a bit odd.

And I was able to gain fairly ample elbow room by just removing the glove box and the passenger side air vent.

In the area where the interior light and sunroof switch is there are two holes to either side the one on the drivers side has a gadget in the hole which I take is a sensor? The other one has nothing!

I take it that there should be a sensor in that hole as well?

Back to the sampler motor......I must search for the hose to connect to the sampler motor......any ideas where I should start?

B.


PS. And I thought I had sorted the problem

 

[augapfel]

You say that your car doesn't have A/C so it can't be a USA car (which is what I'm familiar with). All USA cars had automatic climate control and a single interior temp sensor, located behind a small grill directly ahead of the sunroof switch. I don't know what Euro cars had. You have dual temp control knobs, right? I suspect that Euro crs had only 1 interior temp sensor and used the heater core temp sensors to regulate output for left and right sides of the car.
The hose connected to the overhead assembly runs across the front of the roof and then down the a-pillar to the sampler motor. Can you see to the base of the a-pillar? There should be some sign of a 1 cm thick hose there somewhere.

 

[Benz_el]

Ok....augapfel....

My car is indeed not an American model it is infact a british model so it differs slightly from the european model starting with being right hand drive rather than left hand drive.

I have dual temp control dials, one each side of the centre consol.

And there is no single grill forward of the roof control but as I mentioned before there are two round holes (about the size of a quarter) to either side of the roof control and interior light one of which has a grill in it, the other being empty.

I will have a look to see if I can see the base of the A pillar and if I can locate the hose perhaps tomorrow if the weather is fine.

Thanks again. B.

 

[Benz_el]

I have found the hose and reconnected it!! Yay!

Thanks again augapfel....YOU my friend are the MAN!! :bowdown::bowdown: