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YOUR RESEARCH996 A/C blower motor noise?
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bunch of long pine needles
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I've had this varying noise on my rainy day car (acura)and it turned out to be a bunch of long pine needles that had fallen off of our trees and worked into the fan housing over many months as the fan operated.
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It ended up unbalancing the fan which in turn wore out the bearing holding the fan shaft which in turn got the fan to wobble when operating and it was the fan wobbling and rubbing against the housing that made the noise.
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I too had a noise and turned out to be a piece of foam that was hitting the blower.
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bunch of long pine needles
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I've had this varying noise on my rainy day car (acura)and it turned out to be a bunch of long pine needles that had fallen off of our trees and worked into the fan housing over many months as the fan operated.
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It ended up unbalancing the fan which in turn wore out the bearing holding the fan shaft which in turn got the fan to wobble when operating and it was the fan wobbling and rubbing against the housing that made the noise.
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Ended up repalcing the fan and the problem went away.
Went to start the 2000 996 coupe at lunch today (90 degrees outside) and the A/C came on and the blower motor started to make a terrible sound. It vaires at different speeds as the fan starts blowing faster/slower. I pulled off the cover under the dash above the passenger footwell and I think its comming from whats looks to be a blower on the right side (under the dash) of the big black plastic box under there. Driven a couple of times a week (32K miles on car) and never noticed any noise at all from there. Any ideas... Big job? little job? DIY? or dealer? Thanks
What kind of noise? Like something hitting the fan?
A few folks have reported weatherstripping getting into the fan motor or even a bad pollen filter touching the fan.
Yes, like something hitting the fan. The 2 things you mentioned sound like they could have fallen and are touching the fan. It looks like I could just unscrew the bolts holding the motor and drop it down (I'm sure I am over simplifying that) and see??
Actually - that is tougher than what you need to do. Open up the bonnet and on the passenger side closest to the cabin, undo the pollen filter housing. Mine had a plastic gasket that was slapping against the fan as it rotated making a terrible noise. Just pulled it out and everything was fine.
Have a look at the cabin filter area accessible from under the hood. I too had a noise and turned out to be a piece of foam that was hitting the blower.
I've had this varying noise on my rainy day car (acura)and it turned out to be a bunch of long pine needles that had fallen off of our trees and worked into the fan housing over many months as the fan operated. It ended up unbalancing the fan which in turn wore out the bearing holding the fan shaft which in turn got the fan to wobble when operating and it was the fan wobbling and rubbing against the housing that made the noise. Ended up repalcing the fan and the problem went away.
Just a thought........
Well you guys were right on...again! Took off the pollen filter this AM and found the remains of a mouse nest in the filter. Ther was a piece of something hitting the fan. I fished it out and the noise is gone. Thanks again for all of your help!
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