Heep

The blower motor is making all sorts of squeaks. I've driven around for a while with the blower turned entirely off, no noises, but they immediatly return when I turn the blower back on.

First of all, it has a very quiet "ticking", sounds almost like a card in a bicycle's spokes, but very quiet. I've always just assumed this is just the noise the blower normally makes, and it's not very annoying or anything.

More notable is the squeaking sound which primarily happens whenever I hit a bump, or turn the steering wheel to the left (especially when accelerating). I've seen posts in this forum before about squeaky blowers, and lubrication for them, but I'm just curious as to why it seems to do it far more when the wheel is turned left?

Any ideas?

Thanks

meanie

Take the blower assembly out & check /clean it.
It's a 20 minute job in total.

Heep

Excellent, thanks.

Is it in the right hand footwell by the pollen filter?

Thanks

meanie

Yes. Pollen filter is on the left, blowermotor on the right.
Just about below the glove compartment.
Slide the retainers aside, disconnect 2 wires, & then remove 5 screws ( torxhead, I believe # 15 or 20 ).