Ventilation fan is squeaking. Replace it or lube it?
 

My heating and A/C ventilation fan has started squeaking. I've had enough vehicles now that I know this can sometimes be fixed with a spray of WD40 or similar,.....and sometimes can only be fixed by replacing the squirrel cage.

Any way to lube this one?

Brian in Austin

While you can, it will only be a short term fix usually. Getting to it to lube is about same labor as replacing it.

I followed this post:
https://landroverforums.com/forum/di...llation-55530/
and my fan has been quiet for months now. Yes, it's only a temporary fix, but a new blower motor seems expensive.

I lubed mine a year ago and it's been quiet since.

3 screws and the motor drops down for lubing

Use my thread posted above. I did mine the day that was posted. It was Jan 2nd of this year. My fan was quite loud on turns due to dry bearings. It has not made a peep since. I don't even know what the fans cost, but the lube job was super easy and didn't take too long (I'm guessing around an hour). If I can hold off the cost for a few years, I'm happy.