> > Agreed, if you were to immerse the whole thing in oil then it could
> > be a tad
> > excessive, but since most of us are not that stupid.......
>
> Want a bet on that, with 30 odd years in the trade believe me, some
> people are stupid enough to put excusive mounts of freeing oils on
> things.
>
> > I have probably had more experience in this than many over my
> > lifetime, and
> > found that a couple of drops of the correct grade of oil can work
> > wonders.
> > That way it never gets near any commutator, so will be no problem.
> > Perhaps if I lubricated it with easystart, or similar, or brake
> > fluid even.
> > That's probably the most volatile fluid on a car these days.
> >
>
> Don't forget that many of these heater motors are cited were dead
> leaves and combustible dust can collect, it's not so much the oil
> catching fire but smouldering oil setting fire to debris that has
> collected.
>
Well we are agreed that excessive lubrication might well be a bad thing,
but
please don't tar everyone with the same brush. Some of us have more sense.
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