 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Car Forum / Honda Cars / September 2004Noise when using fan or A/C?
I have a 97 Accord. Whenever I turn on the fan (the A/C button is already depressed), I hear a noise coming from the right side of the car. When I turn the fan off, the noise takes a few seconds to die down and then finally disappears. When I turn the fan back on, the noise starts up again. It's tough to describe this noise in words. Any idea what it could be? > I have a 97 Accord. Whenever I turn on the fan (the A/C button is already > depressed), I hear a noise coming from the right side of the car. When I turn > the fan off, the noise takes a few seconds to die down and then finally > disappears. When I turn the fan back on, the noise starts up again. It's > tough to describe this noise in words. Any idea what it could be? Is it kind of a rustling noise? Possibly leaves/debris that made its way into your blower motor housing. Dealer here in NYC wants ~$140 to get it out of a new-to-me '94 Civic, perhaps because the evaporator apparently must be removed (and the refrigerant recovered) before one can get at the blower unit. Sure wish it had been designed differently... I'd like to do it myself! > I have a 97 Accord. Whenever I turn on the fan (the A/C button is already > depressed), I hear a noise coming from the right side of the car. When I turn > the fan off, the noise takes a few seconds to die down and then finally > disappears. When I turn the fan back on, the noise starts up again. It's > tough to describe this noise in words. Any idea what it could be? ++++++++++++++++++++++ _If_ your accord has a changeable CABIN FILTER, get the instructions off the web, and pick up a filter and swap it yourself. You may find a pile of leaves, or maybe a mouse nest in there. An air hose would be good to have available, as well as a bit of coat hanger for reaching in there to clean out debris. 'Curly' > > I have a 97 Accord. Whenever I turn on the fan (the A/C button is already > > depressed), I hear a noise coming from the right side of the car. When I turn [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > 'Curly' the fan is full of crap. 97 didn't have a cabin air filter. pull the blower motor out and get the leaves out of it. Chip > the fan is full of crap. 97 didn't have a cabin air filter. > pull the blower motor out and get the leaves out of it. > Chip Chip, is there any chance of doing it in a '94 Civic with A/C, *without* having to break the A/C system open? Abe This all sounds like what I heard in my '90 Prelude. It seems the screen vent under the cowl had been chewed by a mouse, a lot of debris had fallen in the blower's round fan (maybe even mouse parts, I couldn't tell). I replaced the cowl screen and cleaned out the blower motor, including opening up the motor itself and blasting all the dirt out with an electrical cleaner. I also replaced the blower brushes ($20 vs what Honda says when they want to sell you a $300 motor). Some months later the blower resistor pack also failed, so I recently replaced that as well... |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.