Picked up my car today after 4 days in a car park (where they'd driven it a short distance).

It made a funny quiet singing noise all the way home which I traced to a fan in the plastic unit on the ceiling with the two map reading lights in.

 

I blew out the dust and gave it a little squirt or silicone grease. Now it doesn't make the noise but I don't think the fan's turning either.

 

Any ideas what happened, why and have I knackered the little fan. What's it there for? To keep the map lights cool? That'd seem crazy as it seemed to run constantly when the ignition was on and they're only little lights.

Thanks in advance!

the fan spins very gently, using too heavy a grease will mean it can no longer spin, take it out again clean the grease off, try some wd40 seem to remember someone saying use ATF to lubricate it.

The fan is there to direct air onto a sensor for the climate control I believe.

Cool.. thanks mate! I'll try now.

the fan spins very gently, using too heavy a grease will mean it can no longer spin, take it out again clean the grease off, try some wd40 seem to remember someone saying use ATF to lubricate it.

The fan is there to direct air onto a sensor for the climate control I believe.

 

 

they tend to make this noise iff the car is cold and damp inside,when it drys out it stops-----3 zeds and they all done the same(strange)

I gave it a gentle clean and it's spinning happily (and quietly) away!

 

Thanks gents. :bow:

 

 

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