blackz28x07

Last night I drove through a deep puddle that was hard to see. At first all my gauges dropped and my check gauges light came on. I pulled over immediately and turned the car off. After a minute I tried to start it and everthing was fine. Well a couple minutes later I started to smell a burning smell. I was near where i was going so when i got there I opened the hood and saw my A/C pulley was red hot. It only gets this way when I have my A/C or defrost on. Could water have gotten into the pulley and mess up the bearings enough to where the pulley has so much friction it gets red hot?

fleetmgr

Unlikely. More likely is you just lost your compressor.

blackz28x07

Well it still blows out ice cold air for the minute I have the a/c on, that's why I didn't think it was the compressor. If the compressor was bad, would it really make the pulley get red hot? Everything is still spinning like usual. I also forgot to say there's a metallic sound when the car is running.

Edit: Forgot to add another thing. It was my a/c clutch pulley that was red hot. Sorry

blackz28x07

I was just told my another LSx member that if the compressor needs a recharge it can make the A/C clutch slip and get really hot. How would water effect the compressor?

blackz28x07

So does anyone know anywhere I can get a compressor for a decent price?

Schnell

Are you serious... it is 'red' hot almost like a brake rotor?

blackz28x07

Yep, it was crazy as hell. Right when i saw that i turned my car off and it cooled down.

eseibel67

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Here's my guess:

Even when it's cooling, a compressor is very hot. The deep puddle cooled it very quickly, and changed the shape of the pulley/clutch/case.

Now the clutch is slipping like crazy causing the heat as well as the metallic noise.

You might get away with a clutch only, but I would replace the whole compressor due to the trauma it has suffered.

Schnell

This is my guess too. Clutch has to be slipping and causing the brake rotor effect on your compressor.

LS6427

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blackz28x07,

Bro....are you talking about the pulley that is attached to the compressor....or one of the other two smaller pulleys that the a/c belt runs around?


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blackz28x07

The one connected to the compressor. I'm just going to go ahead and replace the compressor and clutch.

Schnell

Can the clutch itself be replaced?

blackz28x07

I can't find anywhere that sells just the clutch. I went ahead and bought a used compressor and clutch off a member on the site. At least I haven't had to use the a/c or defrost this week haha.