You have dry fan bearings and the dash must be removed to fix. I recently did this on a Vanagon with 146,000 miles on it.I freed up the frozen fan lubing both bearings. Robert 1982 Westfalia --- On Mon, 4/8/13, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> > Subject: Heater fan CHIRP! > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Monday, April 8, 2013, 10:52 AM > It's so loud and high pitched that > it's painful to use the blower, even with > my reduced hearing. But, as I continue to, it's > becoming less frequent. Do > these things ever fix themselves? It's probably > dry bearing or worn > commutator/brushes, but with only 140k on it (an '85) it > doesn't seem like > it should be worn out since my '84 worked fine for 20 years > and 225k. > > > > I'm tempted to shoot some WD-40 into the intake, but I'd > probably regret it. > > > > > Stuart > |
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