[A4] Heater fan removal?

[Jason Gray]

 The fan motor brushes seem to be dead on my 96 A4. Before I dive in to replace them, does anyone have been-there-done-that suggestions for access and removal of the fan? Unlike my prior 4000 quattro, it looks like the heater can is not accessable on the A4 from the engine bay side. I am thinking I will need to access the fan from beneath the passengers side of the dash. Will AC components be in the way for this approach? Does heater core need to be removed? 
Thanks-
Jason Gray
Anchorage AK

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>Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:38:57 -0400
>From: "Arthur Marks" <aamarks at cox.net>
>Subject: [A4] oil in air hose to Air Charge Cooler
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>I've got some oil sitting in the large air hose that connects to the bottom 
>of the radiator on its way to the air charge cooler (A4 1.8t). Is that 
>normal or does it indicate a problem with the pcv system??
>
>Thanks.
>
>--Art A4 (B6) 1.8t
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>(sorry if this goes through twice. It didn't go the 1st time I sent it) 
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>Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:43:01 -0700
>From: "Nicholas Stock" <nickstock at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [A4] oil in air hose to Air Charge Cooler
>To: "Arthur Marks" <aamarks at cox.net>
>Cc: a4 at audifans.com, quattro at audifans.com
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>Art, I noticed exactly the same thing on my old 1.8T whilst doing a timing
>belt change...I didn't think it was too much to worry about as the car
>wasn't consuming very much oil at all at 75K..but I'll concede to others
>more knowledgable on the PCV system than myself!
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>Nick
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>On 9/12/07, Arthur Marks <aamarks at cox.net> wrote:
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>> I've got some oil sitting in the large air hose that connects to the
>> bottom
>> of the radiator on its way to the air charge cooler (A4 1.8t). Is that
>> normal or does it indicate a problem with the pcv system??
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --Art A4 (B6) 1.8t
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>> (sorry if this goes through twice. It didn't go the 1st time I sent it)
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>Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:35:27 -0400
>From: "Arthur Marks" <aamarks at cox.net>
>Subject: [A4] oil in air hose to Air Charge Cooler
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>I've got some oil sitting in the large air hose that connects to the bottom of the radiator on its way to the air charge cooler (A4 1.8t). Is that normal or does it indicate a problem with the pcv system??
>
>Thanks.
>
>--Art A4 (B6) 1.8t 
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