Can I use silicone gun oil to lube my gpu fan?

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oggyphillips

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It's called Abbey silicone gun oil 35

It says at the information paragraphs to not let it exceed temps over 50 c. Does that matter? I'm using this on my GPU fan.
 
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'' it's a new card it's just making more noise than I want so without sacrificing airflow ''

if its a new card then I'd say maybe defective fan ? a new cards fans should be noiseless out side of high rpm fan blades whirling air around then if a quality fan used should not get much of that under normal operation and fan profile in its bios set RPM ranges ?

maybe needs RMA

good luck
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"People" say a lot of things.
This is one of those you should not listen to.

The fans either have lube already in there, or the bronze bushing is impregnated with the needed lube.

Gun oil (a foreign substance)? Who knows. It probably won't make it better. It may make it worse. It may compromise the existing lube.


Since there is no temp sensor on the actual fan axle, your guess is as good as mine as to what that bearing temperature is. Above or below 50C? Who knows...

If the fans are 'too loud'...either change the fan, or figure out why they are working so hard, and fix that.
 
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I used dextron2 ATF in mine the last time wd40 a few times 3 in 1 oil sewing machine oil , ect ... as long as its light mech oil should do fine . [thicker lube may add resistance ] your call on what you feel is best on that

now if it don't have the plug to oil in to the brg. that's when I used the wd and spray up and under the fan blades as best it can ?

theres a few sites that cover how to's

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/quiet-noisy-computer-fans-with-a-drop-of-oil/

http://www.overclockers.com/em-spinning-lubricate-pc-fans/

try the gun oil if it was handy and I need to quiet a fan I'd use it all it can do is work or not work long term or short ?

in the end case fans are cheap if it don't all together

 
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once people told me that the sky is purple

last time i checked is still gray and raining atm here

the new fan, does not need oil, use your common sense, those parts must last perfectly for one year at least, that only helps for old fans, out of the warranty and when they are dried and failing, after applying any form of lube, they will fail anyway, old fans should be replaced if noisy or doesn't spin fast enough

please, don't read and apply everything you read

this made me remember the guy who applied and ios update on a ipad and put it inside his pool because someone said to him that the ios update made his device waterproof

leave the new gtx alone and if you have temperature problems, clean the case and install more case fans if you only have one
 
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Don't bother unless it is making noise from a dry or worn bearing.

Fans have moving parts and benefit from proper lubrication just like any other mechanical device.

On several occasions I have fixed noisy fans with a drop or two of Silicone lube. Stay away from solvent laden products like WD-40 that can harm plastics.
 
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The majority of PC fans are oil impregnated bronze bushings, commonly known as oilite.
Basically, the bushing is soaked in boiling oil when they make it. Being porous, this is soaked into the metal.

If it ever actually dries out (after many years), the bearing surface wears quite quickly. No amount of new oil will fix an actual worn surface that now has too large a gap.

You can't just spritz some 3 in 1 in there and hope it will actually do anything beneficial.
 
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I have 4 fans in my pc. I know it's a new card it's just making more noise than I want so without sacrificing airflow I want to oil it. Atljsf Don't you think I already thought of that? Or are you just stupid
 
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That is true about the bushings. More commonplace because are cheaper to make. In general they are quieter yet live shorter lives than ball-bearing fans. They usually have sealed bearings which cannot be lubricated yet last much longer.

My favorite are the Panaflo Hydro Wave fans. Nice and quiet. Great for case fans but the large center hub makes them poorly suited for CPU cooler use since there is a bigger dead air spot in the middle.
 
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'' it's a new card it's just making more noise than I want so without sacrificing airflow ''

if its a new card then I'd say maybe defective fan ? a new cards fans should be noiseless out side of high rpm fan blades whirling air around then if a quality fan used should not get much of that under normal operation and fan profile in its bios set RPM ranges ?

maybe needs RMA

good luck
 
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