Thanks Stuart. I'd read of that fix but haven't had courage to try it out. I guess the bottom line is that if the fan motor is "chirping", "groaning" or "tweeting" (the latter would be a true analogue to digital miracle. ha ha) it needs attention. Even if the noise is intermittent. Neil. On 11/26/15, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: > Search for "Mullendore port" on The Samba. It's worked for me, but I need > to do it again. Fan bearing is exposed to the intake air with no cover, bad > design. Lube it, or running it dry can take out the bearing. > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Neil N > Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2015 11:35 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Front Heater Motor: Lube Dries Out? > If a heater fan motor has seen low use, but has sat unused for some time, > can the factory lube at the motor dry out and cause the fan motor to be > noisy? > The front heater motor makes a "tweetering" or "chirping" type sound that > *may* "go away" if run for some time or run at 2nd speed.
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