ivangene

on my way in this a.m. I had the car wound up and zipping along, fans on high (its the rainy season in Seattle already) and all of the sudden I hear this horrible noise....can't be me, its in front of me....OH must be that ricer car I am coming up on, must have one of those fart can exhausts..... NOOOO

it is me! - smells HOT !!

slam on the skids, hit the flashers and off to the shoulder, shut it down !!!

????????

some quick diagnosis and there is a fan (the one controled by the large red **** between the seats) on the drivers side near the windshield making a horrible noise...not sure how to describe it, but it aint good. I will have it checked out tonight, in the meantime all is well, just wont run the aux fan...

WHEW!!
scared me

rusnak

The footwell blower? There is way to clean and lube them if it's just the bushing going bad, but those things have caught fire.

ricster

how do you clean and lube them?

ivangene

yes, how to.... I dont want a fire while doing the I-405 autocross

rusnak

The blower motor comes out, then use a needle nose pliers to remove the clips, and take the screws out to disassemble the plastic blower assembly, and the plastic squirrelcage is only pressed on, so you can carefully pull it off the motor after carefully measuring and noting the gap spacing of the fan in the housing. Some aerosol electric parts cleaner, and a dab of chain lube in my case on the bushing.
The squirrel cage must not hit the inside of the blower - this is critical, so make sure it's centered and test fit everything before assembly. I "glued" the squirrel cage fan onto the motor shaft with some loctite applied to the fan before assembly.

There is a thread on Pelican that talks about this, with some pictures.

rusnak

I think this is it:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...y-how-fix.html

ivangene

rock on - love this place !!

w00tPORSCHE

Rusnak that was awesome. Ed why don't you take the car to Chris's ?

Brucechas

Good luck with the repair!

ivangene

Amar, I will on my way home tonight, but if its just a lube and clean, I will do the work @ home - yes, they will be seeing it TODAY

GothingNC

Wow, good thing you shut it down before a fire.

Only fan I have in the Targa is the one in the smugglers box.

John

theiceman

what about the fresh air fan up front John ? i thought that was the one that went when he mentioned it actually ..more than one fire caused by that POS.

rusnak

Yup!!! I think I saw an engine compartment fire in the heater blower of an SC either here or on Pelican, and the AC auxilary blower also catches fire.

GothingNC

My fresh air fan is under the dash is disconnected, never worked.

I might just gut out the fan housing to allow more airflow.

John

dshepp806

I went through the lube process several times (with tentative success) ,..and I can assure you, you're destined for a replacement in the future. In the meantime, best be damned sure they're fused (not sure if your year came that way).

I'm presently shopping for 2 replacements, as mine are noisey (again) and I'm tired of dicking around with them. NEW ones aren't cheap.

Best,

Doyle