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Feb 10, 2009

- Thank you for the reply. i ended up changing the motor assembly which includes the fan and the rattling is gone. But the vent isn't pulling that strong when the bottom vent is reattached. I plan to do a few things to test out what's wrong. 1) check to make sure the pipe that lets air out isn't blocked. I plan to use a thick rope and poke it through to see if it's sucks the air out. i can also use very small pieces of tissue paper and see if it blows out to the outside. My pipe outlet is the side of my house so I can actually see it from my porch 2) patch up all screw holes and holes which might let the air out 3) consider changing the duct to a 6 inch instead of the one that was installed, 6 inch outlet to a 3 inch duct. when turned on, i can hear the flaps opening up to let the air out but it closes and opens every other second, which is also annoying. Let me know what you think of my plan.