Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing and installing the control motor for temperature flap -V68- Special tools and workshop equipment required t  Measuring tool set, e.g. -V.A.G 1594 C- Removing –  Remove storage compartment on driver and passenger side → Body Work; Rep. Gr.70. –  Removing the dash panel centre part → Body work; Rep. Gr.70. –  Remove left footwell vent (Tightening torque: 1.5 Nm).

–  Disconnect plug connection -1-. –  Carefully detach the wiring harness -3- from the cable straps at the control motor for temperature flap. –  Press catch -4- lightly forwards, swivel holder with control motor -2- in -the direction of the arrow - and remove from the front holders.

–  Remove control motor from the holder.    To this end press the catch pegs -arrows- outwards while pushing the control motor out of the catches. Install   Note The spare part control motor for temperature flaps is on position “temperature flap closed”. –  Press control motor into the holder.

–  Mark the top -4- and bottom -3- stop on the gear segment -2- on the housing with a white marker. –  Position gear segment -2- in the direction of the arrow on the bottom stop -3-. –  Mark“short” tooth face of the control motor gear wheel -1- in white -arrow A-. –  Mark the side of the tooth opening of the short teeth of gear segment -2- in white -arrow B-. –  Insert the holder with control motor in the front brackets and slide onto the housing in such a way that the tooth -arrow A- engages in the tooth opening -arrow B-. Check for proper operation –  Insert plug of the control motor for temperature flap.

–  Remove plug -1- from the heating and air conditioning system control -2-. –  Connect battery voltage to contacts 13 and 16 of plug -1- with auxiliary lines from measuring tool set -V.A.G 1594 C- and check control motor running.

	Contact assignment
	13	16
Control motor runs in position “cold” (gear segment down)	-	+
Control motor runs in position “warm” (gear segment up)	+	-

Note

t  During the above test the control motor must smoothly switch the temperature flap to the top -4- and bottom -3- stop. t  If there are functional problems abort test immediately, remove again control motor with holder and repeat installation. –  Further installation occurs in reverse order. –  If the control motor was replaced, perform a basic setting → Chapter.