Hello all,

Could you please tell me what is the name of the part in the photos. It is located right below the glove box. It is a fan. Lately, it is being getting noisy and loud. What is function of this fan. I have black arrow pointing to the part (fan) in question


http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c399/oaouda/1989300E_2030.jpg


Thanks alot for your help

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1988 300E 223k miles and counting..

I do believe that is the cabin air fan which draws air over the cabin air temp' sensor and allows the heat setting to remain constant to your 'Temp' wheel' setting.

I think the air is drawn from the reading light assembly forward of the sun roof.
There's a little grill up there that gets blocked and causes temp' fluctuations on AUTO.

Anybody ?



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Correct that it is the air temp sampler fan. Mine looked like the fan had been pushed against the motor housing causing it to make noise. I just stuck a screwdriver in and slid the fan out on the shaft a little so it would not touch the housing. No more noise. I had to remove the fan to do this but it isn't difficult. The fan moves easily on the shaft.

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Thank you for your replies. I will checked it out tomorrow, to see what it is making this noise.

Thanks again,

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