Obviously all things mechanical eventually fail. Interesting to hear
opinions on failures or not. I would imagine that salt and moisture are big
factors in fan motor failure. From what I saw in archives, the problems with
fans were mostly related to the electrical side of things.
I'll probably install a bypass switch and "fan on" light.

For now the one I have should be fine. I'll look into Pro Long or other
lubes. I'm tempted to remove the end cover and see if I can sneak some oil
in there, but maybe I'll save that exploration for a broken fan motor!

Neil.

On Dec 20, 2007 2:07 PM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:

> Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM> writes:
>
> > radiator fan motors rarely go bad.
>
> Not where I'm from.  I've had VW rad fan motors fail multiple times.
> In my experience they're good for about 5 years.  Environment may play
> a role, mine have been in cold winters and salt.
>
> Allan
>

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