Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
Subject:Re: Front heater fan squealing - how to fix?
From:1speedsteed
Date:Thu, 4 Dec 2003 16:00:20 -0700

Will a motor from the rear heater work as a replacement?  Anyone?  Bueler...
Bueler...

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rodgers" <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: Front heater fan squealing - how to fix?

> Sorry, but it can't be fixed. You have to pull the entire dash out to
> get to it. Not as bad as it sounds, takes about a day. VAnagon.com has
> links to sites that show how to do it. Be sure you have a new motor on
> hand. And be prepared to rework the blower box. By the time you get to
> this point on one, it;s time to fix all the seals in there so you don't
> have to go back through this for another 100,000 miles or so.
>
> regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 Gl Driver
>
> SD Kraning wrote:
>
> >Does anyone know about these heater fans / blowers? My front one is
starting to make squealing or squeeking noises on the middle speed. (It is
on a '90 Carat b.t.w.) I suspect it is a bearing that is going bad.  is this
something that can be lubricated, or does it have to come out and get
rebuilt or replaced w/ a new one?
> >
> >thanks,
> >
> >scott k.
> >
> >
> >
>