Blower Motor Replacement
 

Does anyone have access to the number of hours needed, (Book Rate) to change out a heater blower?

Thanks

I think it's 6 hours. Just had this done...

Go to ICS performance in Stamford. I believe they charged about 8-900 for the replacement. And they cleaned the car and engine!!

isnt that the job where the entire interior dash has to be removed down to the metal?

^yes. It sucks.

Well, mine still works, but it is starting to squeak when it gets really cold out. Kind of comes and goes.

Only sucks because it's time consuming, this job is not difficult at all.

My sampler fan has been squeaking during really cold weather for the past 2 yrs. Many owners confuse the sampler fan issue with a blower fan issue, there's a DIY for sampler fan lubrication.

Ive done this many times i can do the whole job in under 3

Excuse my ignorance...but what is a sampler fan?

Can you point me in the direction of that DIY?

Thanks

Skyline, sampler fan sits behind the small vent on the face of the HVAC control. It is on the left side, You will notice a regular collection of dust on the opening where that small fan "samples" the air for temp and particulates.

Yup take out your climate control, and clean out that little sampler fan. Re grease it, and put back in.

Good info here... I may do this

Boom, I know, i know, i search like a G.

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...attle-fix.html

Thanks guys!!!

The blower motor is one gig I was happy to get under warranty many many moons ago.....Not one I would look forward to doing anytime. The underside of the dash has got to be my least favorite area of the X to work in.....nicely littered with sharp edges.

Thats it, no more BET for you! :nanana:

lol. It's the city I swear.

Subscribed! That's why I love these forums...you can learn so much by just being "in-the-room". :popcorn: :iagree:

Anyway to work out which fan is squealing??

I have crickets in my X which seem closer related to the blower fan, but can't be confident!!

Anyone able to help me out??

The sampler fan DIY is simple, would start there. If it turns out the be the blower motor it would not hurt to clean/lube the sampler.

I suppose with my X5, equipped as it is with the manual IHKR controls...

http://www.xoutpost.com/members/davi...c-controls.jpg

... a squeak when the blower is running means tearing the dashboard apart. :(

Interesting that the cars with the IHKA HVAC controls have a fan specific to sampling air; the IHKR cars have a vacuum hose routed into the cabin that pulls air into a sensor under the dash near the driver's door, just like the older cars.

Mine squeaked for two years whenever it got cold outside. Now it doesn't anymore. No changes. No fixes. Just no noise.

Probably because it finally broke. Just like the black tape that people put over a CEL so they don't need to look at it.

Meant as a joke? I can't tell. But no, it is not broken. Still performs well and heats the car as it always did.

Why it suddenly stopped squealing, I can't say. But like my panoramic roof that was jammed for about six months then started working again, I really dont care too much why, just glad it does.

Mine has been squeaking for the past 6 months...hope that it's not the beginning of a new blower motor replacement :(