Failing IP or? I don't know.........

snicklas

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Ok, I've listened a few times and what I am hearing is an electrical roundy round bit not wanting to go roundy round.

Since the engine is not running, it's not an accessory driven by the engine. (IP, A/C, VP, PS or idler pulley). Toward the end of the video, you can hear the fuel pump hit it's pressure cut off and stop. The noise is still there, and you can hear the noise change from the "walrus bark" to a more rhythmic hamster wheel squeak and start to speed up. I think the bearings is the HVAC blower are failing. We had a similar sound on an 85 E-150 when the seasons would change and the motor would squall until it quit. I'd say a new blower motor should fix it for many more years. The van would fail fast since it pulls the air across the motor instead of being separate like the trucks.
 

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it sounds like most everyone says blower motor lol mine went out because it got overworked due to a pack rat nest blocking most of the passages in the vent system, changed the motor and clean the vents now truck doesn't have that strange smell inside :fan:
 

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Could turn the fan off n see if the noise goes away. Not turn the fan on low. Turn it off. Easier than un plugging it.
Also, 4 screws an electric plug and a fan wheel is all that stands between you and freedom from the ocean wildlife!
 

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Could turn the fan off n see if the noise goes away. Not turn the fan on low. Turn it off. Easier than un plugging it.
Also, 4 screws an electric plug and a fan wheel is all that stands between you and freedom from the ocean wildlife!
Actually unplugging it is easier because my resistor is broken and the fan does not turn off, only stays on very super low. With a rare occasion of smelling your own breath power blowing.
Ok, I've listened a few times and what I am hearing is an electrical roundy round bit not wanting to go roundy round.

Since the engine is not running, it's not an accessory driven by the engine. (IP, A/C, VP, PS or idler pulley). Toward the end of the video, you can hear the fuel pump hit it's pressure cut off and stop. The noise is still there, and you can hear the noise change from the "walrus bark" to a more rhythmic hamster wheel squeak and start to speed up. I think the bearings is the HVAC blower are failing. We had a similar sound on an 85 E-150 when the seasons would change and the motor would squall until it quit. I'd say a new blower motor should fix it for many more years. The van would fail fast since it pulls the air across the motor instead of being separate like the trucks.


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Fan motor bushings are dry. As soon as power is sent to the fan the motor turns. With dry bushings on the shaft it will vibrate and cause this sound. Unplug the motor and turn the key on. Then plug in the fan and feel it make the noise. then replace the fan.
 
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