2 year UPDATE: Yes! You can oil your air conditioner fan motor and get rid of squeaks/squeals.

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Here is a recommended oil but you can use mineral oil amzn.to/3Se2cpt
After nearly 22 months my AC condenser fan motor started to chirp again. Will I replace the motor? After all, I already have a new one on hand. Nope, I oil it again. It's 30 years old now and still going. This time I use a light mineral oil which may be even better for oiling motors. I had clipper oil on hand but a subscriber suggested that I use Zoom Spout Oil. Squeaking air conditioner. AC noise. Silence AC noise. Fix seized AC motor.

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@richardlee8980 2 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing these two videos. They REALLY helped get me out of a bind. 🙂

@SwimmingintheDeep Күн бұрын

@@richardlee8980 I'm so glad they helped. Best of luck, thanks for the comment.

@tablesaltgames 5 ай бұрын

Shot out from Columbia SC!

@SlwRpr Жыл бұрын

30years! Wow you did good. I had new motor put in at about 13 years. I did oil the shaft on the first motor, lasted about 2 years. I didn't notice oil fill holes, i will have to check the new motor and see if it had oil fill holes. Thanks for the video.

@SwimmingintheDeep Жыл бұрын

It's still going too! Thanks for the comment!

@jakep8484 Жыл бұрын

Things almost as old as me lol. I remember our ac unit from the 80s, those things were built like tanks.

@TranNguyen-tf8uz 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for your instructions.

@SwimmingintheDeep 11 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@MikesVlogss Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the DIY video, I'm going to oil my Arcoaire unit later this week 👍👍

@SwimmingintheDeep Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Let me know how it goes!

@MikesVlogss Жыл бұрын

@@SwimmingintheDeep will do 😉

@Alfredorubiocubillan Жыл бұрын

@@MikesVlogss let us know mike please

@kbmblizz1940 Жыл бұрын

👍 tip - don't power wash condenser fins, will bend them & screw up air flow. I just watched another tech channel pwrwsh an old R22 unit. Newer equipment - never, they have thin AL fins, some Rheems hv tiny whiskers that will be crunched up in pressure wash.

@richardstell8099 11 ай бұрын

Thank you sir !😀

@SwimmingintheDeep 11 ай бұрын

You are welcome! thank you for the comment!

@greglopez7768 Жыл бұрын

@swimminginthedeep i finally got my Carrier unit to stop tht loud screeching noise, at first i removed the grill and put Zoom oil BTW dwn along the shaft put back together flipped her back on and she was wrking for bout 5mins and thn she started screaming again 🤔 so this tyme i removed the grill and the fan along with carefully removing the gasket on the shaft thn squirted her up wth more Zoom oil put it all back together and so far so good however im still going to order a new motor to have on standby cuz im not going one day wthout cool air its been scorching hot here in Albuquerque New Mexico 🔥🔥🌡️ Thanx again sir!! We nice and 🆒🧊 hope it lasts like yours has!!

@SwimmingintheDeep Жыл бұрын

That's great news! Yes, always good to have a motor on standby when they start making the noise. That heart is brutal. Thanks for letting me know how it went!

@tammyjenkins8125 Ай бұрын

Awesome..I am in North Georgia and yes 100 today 2024 June 23

@SwimmingintheDeep Ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment. You must be close to us. Forsyth county is where we are. Very hot today.

@FM-so7sn 11 ай бұрын

Some times you hear squeak ,if you leave it it may stop then take compressor from over heating it. Especially if you have a new motor.

@callmebackfriday2 2 жыл бұрын

Hi I have a a/c fan motor making sound (sometime) but I don't think it has oil hole. Can I flip the motor over and add few drop of oil to the shaft and let it drip inside? would this work without disconnect and re-assembly the motor? I don't want to mess up too much, would the oil hep by sliding down the shaft or it is too late for the fan motor. Thanks for the video.

@SwimmingintheDeep 2 жыл бұрын

In my experience with the electrical motors, yes. I've done this a number of times even with small Honeywell fans that you buy at Walmart. Personally, I look at it this way, I have very little to lose. In my opinion, I think you'll have great success. Please call me back and let me know how it went. However, like I said this video, has a updated my own opinion, I would use an oil that's made for electric motors such as three and one oil for electric motors or zoom spell oil.

@callmebackfriday2 2 жыл бұрын

@@SwimmingintheDeep Thank you so much for your information and suggestion. Based on internet and youtube, oil will help a lot on fan motor. I don't know about this until my a/c fan motor making squeaking noise. Notes: My motor is OEM and installed since 1987, 35 years +, talking about quality product which are Made in the USA. Thanks for the video. 👍

@marikishtar5216 Жыл бұрын

What kind of oil use?

@SwimmingintheDeep Жыл бұрын

Mineral oil or zoom spout oil, that's my latest opinion. U can't go too wrong with 3-in-1 either. The last time I oiled mine i used mineral oil though and it seems to be working the best of all.

@esmeee530 Жыл бұрын

Can I use silicone lubricant? Lube the shaft 😏

@SwimmingintheDeep Жыл бұрын

I am not sure but a quick google says maybe. I did not find where they react against each other and some people seem to have done it with success. Proceed at your own knowledge/risk.

@esmeee530 Жыл бұрын

@Swimming in the Deep thank you!