[s-cars] Fwd: Squealing chipmunks (in the dash vent)
Thomas R Green
trgreen at comcast.net
Mon Jun 28 09:09:51 PDT 2010
Bob,
I would recommend that you get a mechanics stethoscope rather than
depend on
your unaided hearing or an internet analysis to determine where the
squeal is coming
from.
You won't need a write-up for the steak knife method: you just
butcher the ductwork
at whatever point you are too lazy to access the fastener. Such an
approach can be
used in other repairs, but there are usually consequences for the
shortcut. If you go
for the blower motor, I believe Bentley calls for lube on the 3 rubber
bumpers that
hold the motor. It eases the installation and ensures they don't
squeak.
If you just remove the airbox you can access both motors. : > ) My
preference for the
problem, if I could choose just one, would be the blower motor R&R.
If you can find
some of the CFC based electronic cleaner, you could try a shot of cold
on the sensor
motor area to freeze the annoying little SOB into submission.
Tom
> On Sunday June 27 2010 at 10:26PM, Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-
> s.com>, wrote:
>
> JC, I like your suggested "cure" even better. Just leave it alone
> and let it get over the illness, eh? :-D
>
> I have also heard of the so-called "steak knife" technique. Anybody
> have a good write up?
>
> Bob
>
>
> At 10:21 PM 6/27/2010, JC wrote:
>> *This message was transferred with a trial version of
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>> Haven't chimed in since I've not BTDT myself and was waiting for
>> somebody
>> who did to ring in, but I also have the occaisional blower motor
>> squeal on
>> and off (as others have noted seems worst when cold) and as a
>> result I did
>> some research on the topic.
>>
>> Three key messages I dug out of my research:
>>
>> - Yes "proper" blower R&R is a huge deal requiring extensive dash and
>> under-cowl work, and apparently really sucks.
>>
>> - Some have had luck with the 'spray and pray', specifically by
>> carefully
>> drilling little access holes in just the right spot in the blower
>> housing
>> under the cowl (fraught with danger and hard to be sure exactly
>> where best
>> spot is to drill...)
>>
>> - A couple of guys have done frankenblower R&R by cutting the
>> housing open
>> under the cowl, then devising a way to screw it back together and
>> seal it up
>> afterwards.
>>
>> Oddly enough after being really bad a year or two ago, mine seems
>> to have
>> relented and healed itself... HVAC all working fine and seldom if
>> ever get
>> the noise. Can't explain it, except that at one point I did
>> tighten the
>> clamps around the housing that are accessible under the cowl and
>> maybe that
>> helped somehow...
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>>> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Robert Myers
>>> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 9:53 AM
>>> To: mtgadbois at aol.com
>>> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
>>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Fwd: Squealing chipmunks (in dash vent)
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark, I was hoping you'd say just spray away with that can
>>> of Kroil. Sounds not that easy. Oh well... Looks like maybe
>>> I have another job for one day this summer (one week this
>>> summer?). Maybe I can just replace the brushes. Hafta take a
>>> good look-see.
>>>
>>> B.
>>>
>>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:38:35 -0700 (PDT)
> From: chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Fwd: Squealing chipmunks (in dash vent)
> To: Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com>, JC <jc at j2c3.com>
> Cc: mtgadbois at aol.com, s-car-list at audifans.com
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> btdt no steak kniffe required
>
> http://www.elektro.com/~audi/audi/blowerfix.html
>
> ?
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com>
> To: JC <jc at j2c3.com>
> Cc: mtgadbois at aol.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Sent: Sun, June 27, 2010 10:26:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Fwd: Squealing chipmunks (in dash vent)
>
> *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(r)
> Pro*
>
> JC, I like your suggested "cure" even better.? Just leave it alone
> and let it get over the illness, eh?? :-D
>
> I have also heard of the so-called "steak knife" technique.? Anybody
> have a good write up?
>
> Bob
>
>
> At 10:21 PM 6/27/2010, JC wrote:
>> *This message was transferred with a trial version of
>> CommuniGate(r) Pro*
>> Haven't chimed in since I've not BTDT myself and was waiting for
>> somebody
>> who did to ring in, but I also have the occaisional blower motor
>> squeal on
>> and off (as others have noted seems worst when cold) and as a
>> result I did
>> some research on the topic.
>>
>> Three key messages I dug out of my research:
>>
>> - Yes "proper" blower R&R is a huge deal requiring extensive dash and
>> under-cowl work, and apparently really sucks.
>>
>> - Some have had luck with the 'spray and pray', specifically by
>> carefully
>> drilling little access holes in just the right spot in the blower
>> housing
>> under the cowl (fraught with danger and hard to be sure exactly
>> where best
>> spot is to drill...)
>>
>> - A couple of guys have done frankenblower R&R by cutting the
>> housing open
>> under the cowl, then devising a way to screw it back together and
>> seal it up
>> afterwards.
>>
>> Oddly enough after being really bad a year or two ago, mine seems
>> to have
>> relented and healed itself... HVAC all working fine and seldom if
>> ever get
>> the noise.? Can't explain it, except that at one point I did
>> tighten the
>> clamps around the housing that are accessible under the cowl and
>> maybe that
>> helped somehow...
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>>> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Robert Myers
>>> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 9:53 AM
>>> To: mtgadbois at aol.com
>>> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
>>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Fwd: Squealing chipmunks (in dash vent)
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark,? I was hoping you'd say just spray away with that can
>>> of Kroil.? Sounds not that easy.? Oh well... Looks like maybe
>>> I have another job for one day this summer (one week this
>>> summer?). Maybe I can just replace the brushes. Hafta take a
>>> good look-see.
>>>
>>> B.
>>>
>>
>>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:47:31 -0400
> From: Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Fwd: Squealing chipmunks (in dash vent)
> To: chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: mtgadbois at aol.com, s-car-list at audifans.com, JC <jc at j2c3.com>
> Message-ID: <auto-000000741397 at chips-ur-s.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
>
>
> Hot Damn! Thanks, Chris. This is exactly what I had remembered
> seeing once before many years ago. Looks like an all day job,
> huh? ;-)
>
>
> At 10:38 PM 6/27/2010, chris chambers wrote:
>> btdt no steak kniffe required
>>
>> <http://www.elektro.com/~audi/audi/blowerfix.html>http://www.elektro.com/~audi/audi/blowerfix.html
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com>
>> To: JC <jc at j2c3.com>
>> Cc: mtgadbois at aol.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
>> Sent: Sun, June 27, 2010 10:26:20 PM
>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Fwd: Squealing chipmunks (in dash vent)
>>
>> *This message was transferred with a trial version of
>> CommuniGate(r) Pro*
>>
>> JC, I like your suggested "cure" even better. Just leave it alone
>> and let it get over the illness, eh? :-D
>>
>> I have also heard of the so-called "steak knife" technique. Anybody
>> have a good write up?
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> At 10:21 PM 6/27/2010, JC wrote:
>>> *This message was transferred with a trial version of
>>> CommuniGate(r) Pro*
>>> Haven't chimed in since I've not BTDT myself and was waiting for
>>> somebody
>>> who did to ring in, but I also have the occaisional blower motor
>>> squeal on
>>> and off (as others have noted seems worst when cold) and as a
>>> result I did
>>> some research on the topic.
>>>
>>> Three key messages I dug out of my research:
>>>
>>> - Yes "proper" blower R&R is a huge deal requiring extensive dash
>>> and
>>> under-cowl work, and apparently really sucks.
>>>
>>> - Some have had luck with the 'spray and pray', specifically by
>>> carefully
>>> drilling little access holes in just the right spot in the blower
>>> housing
>>> under the cowl (fraught with danger and hard to be sure exactly
>>> where best
>>> spot is to drill...)
>>>
>>> - A couple of guys have done frankenblower R&R by cutting the
>>> housing open
>>> under the cowl, then devising a way to screw it back together and
>>> seal it up
>>> afterwards.
>>>
>>> Oddly enough after being really bad a year or two ago, mine seems
>>> to have
>>> relented and healed itself... HVAC all working fine and seldom if
>>> ever get
>>> the noise. Can't explain it, except that at one point I did
>>> tighten the
>>> clamps around the housing that are accessible under the cowl and
>>> maybe that
>>> helped somehow...
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From:
>> <mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com>s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>>>> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Robert Myers
>>>> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 9:53 AM
>>>> To: <mailto:mtgadbois at aol.com>mtgadbois at aol.com
>>>> Cc: <mailto:s-car-list at audifans.com>s-car-list at audifans.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Fwd: Squealing chipmunks (in dash vent)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mark, I was hoping you'd say just spray away with that can
>>>> of Kroil. Sounds not that easy. Oh well... Looks like maybe
>>>> I have another job for one day this summer (one week this
>>>> summer?). Maybe I can just replace the brushes. Hafta take a
>>>> good look-see.
>>>>
>>>> B.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> signature
>>> database 5232 (20100627) __________
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>>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>>>
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