"Brian" <blecnospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> ":Jerry:" <INVALID@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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.
>
What is there to loose? The vehicle if the motor should catch fire?!
There is a difference between 'oilable' bearings and bearings designed
not to be oiled, a lot depends on the design of the motor not just the
bearing.
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