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> "Brian" <blecnospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "Keith" <kfb_61816181@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> ok, now winter is drawing nearer, the fan in my trusty Berlingo has
> > decided
> >> its had enuff and wants to hang up its boots and retire to the
> > countryside..
> >> it starts when it wants to, but when it does it has a sorta "whirr
> >> whirr
> >> (repeat)..." noise coming from it..
> >>
> >> my question is, are fans expensive? and are they a big job to
> >> replace?
> > as
> >> I cant see any other way into it except by removing the dash :(
> >>
> >>
> >> Keith
> >>
> >>
> > Don't know the cost of a new fan, but by the sound of it all it
> > needs is a
> > couple of pence worth of oil on the bearings - if you can get to
> > them.
> >
>
> That would most like totally finish off the motor, most of these motor
> bearing are made from self lubricating materials, designed *not* to be
> oiled!
>
Agree that most are "sealed for life", but most also in my experience are
metal bearings, often that compressed stuff, which are ****ous, and soaked
in
lubricant on assembly. This dries out in time, hence the application of a
little more oil. Have done it many times.
If the motor is stuffed anyway, what is there to lose?
The only type which would not work with oil would be a nylon type bearing.
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