Oiling up an Englander?

[dhungy]

My used englander 25pvd has noisy fans, is there any way to oil them to eliminate any excessive noise? I have never heard another englander so i don't now what is normal. I was hoping some oil my quiet things down. The top auger also makes lots of noise occasionally it is louder then both fans combined. If i can oil either fans or the auger let me know!

Thanks

 

[imacman]

Don't know what year your PDV is, but most combustion fans that Englander uses these days are ball bearing units, and really have no place to put oil. That said, I still put a few drops on the areas I can reach, but doubt it's really doing much.

The convection fan motor is another thing. There is probably 2 oil "holes" on the motor that can be lubed with 2-3 drops of light weight 3-in1 (blue can for elect. motors), or 20w non-detergent motor oil. They are sometimes on the "top" where you can see them, and sometimes also have yellow plugs covering them, or if it's like my 10-cpm, the holes were actually on the underside....I only saw them after I removed the motor/blower to clean it. I'll post a pic at the end here.

As for the auger motor, most of the motors have sleeve bearings....it's possible to get some oil in them....use the same oil I mentioned above.
The gear case could also be opened (very carefully), the "old" original grease carefully cleaned out & re-packed with fresh wheel bearing grease.

Here's what the oil "holes" look like:

 

[dhungy]

I would be nervous to take the auger motor apart to pack ne grease in, yet buying a new one if I don't would be a pain as well. Any instructions on the process?

Thanks,