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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 01:26 PM
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First things first, I have a 99 camaro.

A while back my A/C was messed up, the air would only blow out of the central vent on the top of the dash, so I had a local shop by me fix it and they said it was something about my compressor overworking, it was like $100 and they fixed it, it blows cold air and it works.

But NOW theres this scraping noise when I turn it on, I'm 90% sure that its the fan that blows air to the vents. When I turn the dial for a/c power up the noise gets faster and higher, I popped off my passenger side vent and the sound got a bit louder so I know its somewhere in that area.

I don't know what it is, and what its doing, My A/C blows cold constant air, but I think I have a fan scraping something.

Should I pop off the bottom part of my glovebox where I'll assume my A/C stuff is and see whats up? or just leave it up to a shop around here to fix it.

I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to A/C related stuff but I'm pretty mechanically inclined.
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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 03:06 PM
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Remove the blower motor and check for debris.
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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 03:22 PM
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Something is hitting the blower fan or the blower motor is going out. Could be a leaf, had the same problem in my truck. The entire heater box was full of leaves and crap. Either way its no big deal to fix.
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 12:38 PM
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where is the blower motor and how do I get to it?
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I too have the same problem, its on the passenger side. I can't fiure out how to get access to the motor to clean it up.
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 02:38 PM
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I think theres some pop-in screws that are holding up that black plastic piece under the glove box.

But IDK if I'm feeling bold enough to start popping stuff like that off.
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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 05:06 PM
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I too have the same problem, its on the passenger side. I can't fiure out how to get access to the motor to clean it up.

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