Random wire question (near ECM)

[treegump]

I was doing my high idle mod, when lo & behold I found another crappy looking wire connection. I snipped the connections apart - and then put new connectors on and coated with liquid electrical tape. Question is - these wires didn't appear to be plugged into the ECM. 2 wires coming from the firewall, over the heating duct, and down into the wiring harness. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[THEFERMANATOR]

Blower motor power wires for the high fan speed it looks like to me.

 

[kojo]

I'd say they are heater power wires.. i had wirel like that, with factory connector melted causing problems with heater, i removed factory connector and grimped some new connectors and heater is working again..

 

[treegump]

ok - thanks guys!

 

[SmithvilleD]

It's also a good idea to be aware the fan motor may be headed south when that wire & associated connector is burnt. Seems to be a pretty high correlation with folks fixing a burnt wire/connector, then ending up replacing the fan motor not too long after. Could be the motor draws excess current when it's near failing.

Time will tell about the quality, but my replacement fan motor from O'Reilly Auto was just under $30. There was also a recent thread that mentioned drilling a small hole thru the outer fan motor housing near the bearing, so a little lubricant could be added to an older fan motor.