A/C Pulley
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A/C Pulley 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?
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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
Edit: Forgot to add another thing. It was my a/c clutch pulley that was red hot. Sorry
Last edited by blackz28x07; Sep 7, 2009 at 08:20 AM.
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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.
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.
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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.
