All the ones I've had fail (3 -- none actually on a Vanagon since I've never owned one before, but on same era VWs) have been bearing failures, or possibly a seal failure that allowed moisture/dirt/salt to cause a bearing failure. Allan "neil N" <musomuso@gmail.com> writes: > Obviously all things mechanical eventually fail. Interesting to hear > opinions on failures or not. I would imagine that salt and moisture > are big factors in fan motor failure. From what I saw in archives, > the problems with fans were mostly related to the electrical side of > things. > > I'll probably install a bypass switch and "fan on" light. > > For now the one I have should be fine. I'll look into Pro Long or > other lubes. I'm tempted to remove the end cover and see if I can > sneak some oil in there, but maybe I'll save that exploration for a > broken fan motor! > > Neil. |
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