a/c causes car to stutter/ smoke ???
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a/c causes car to stutter/ smoke ??? So car has been sitting for about 5 months(reguler start ups). I was driving the car for about 20 mins when I smelt something ( smelt like hot brakes). Opened the hood and the lower pulley was smoking, there is also a noticable whine. When I turn on the a/c I hear loud clunks/sqeals. Car stutters And almost dies. Car was also stuttering while driving , no a/c. With a/c on the car stutters through the whole rpm range. A/c compressor? I really have no clue. Car is 96 lt1.
Thnks in advance
Thnks in advance
So car has been sitting for about 5 months(reguler start ups). I was driving the car for about 20 mins when I smelt something ( smelt like hot brakes). Opened the hood and the lower pulley was smoking, there is also a noticable whine. When I turn on the a/c I hear loud clunks/sqeals. Car stutters And almost dies. Car was also stuttering while driving , no a/c. With a/c on the car stutters through the whole rpm range. A/c compressor? I really have no clue. Car is 96 lt1.
Thnks in advance
Thnks in advance
If it was after then your compressor sounds like its froze up. Or maybe the clutch is engaging when you turn it on and its frozen and not spinning the compressor. I think the compressor came apart inside.
When you popped the hood was the A/C belt going round-and-round the pulleys?
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^^^Was that before you ever turned the A/C "on"?
If it was after then your compressor sounds like its froze up. Or maybe the clutch is engaging when you turn it on and its frozen and not spinning the compressor. I think the compressor came apart inside.
When you popped the hood was the A/C belt going round-and-round the pulleys?
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If it was after then your compressor sounds like its froze up. Or maybe the clutch is engaging when you turn it on and its frozen and not spinning the compressor. I think the compressor came apart inside.
When you popped the hood was the A/C belt going round-and-round the pulleys?
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my discription is kind of off. Its -3 so the a/c was never on, I turned it on to see if it made a differnce, which at first seemed to be fine then just go worse and worse. Also I had my heat on and it would not blow through top vents??? . It was dark so I didnt see the belt, im going to look at it today.how much is a compressor anyways? Hard to install myself( no experience)
Or if you have the cash the dealerships usually offer Lifetime Labor and Parts if you get a new one from them.....but it'll cost you $700-$800 total. I did this about 5 years ago at my dealership and I'll never pay for an A/C repair again. Not a penny.
But, it sounds like if you turned it on...THEN it slowly started to make noise, the compressor came apart inside or the clutch seized up and that destroyed it. Usually they will leak refridgerant when they fail like that.
The heat not blowing out the top vents.....all I can think of is that a vacuum line popped off somewhere or is broken/cracked. I'm not familiar wil LT1's though.
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((if your LT1 is like the LS1, where the a/c belt is separate from the other accessories))
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If the belt is still good though you can just take off the serpentine then take the ac off and put the serpentine back on, i think my last Gates ac belt ran me 20 bucks. If you got the time and dont want ac might as well pull it i think you shave 40 lbs = 4hp (ideally 
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Verdad Gallardo If the belt is still good though you can just take off the serpentine then take the ac off and put the serpentine back on, i think my last Gates ac belt ran me 20 bucks. If you got the time and dont want ac might as well pull it i think you shave 40 lbs = 4hp (ideally ) plus if you want to end up getting a CAI..
) plus if you want to end up getting a CAI..Damn, those compressors are 40 lbs.???? I didn't know that...wow.
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