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Old Mar 27, 2012 | 01:23 AM
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Red face a/c whine help!!

hey guys i just started using my a/c for the first time a few days ago and go a problem.
well i have a leak in the compressor case so as my car sat in the garage for the winter all the jiuce leaked out so i went to walmart and got the good stop leak and a can of r34 and charged it up and its working perfect and hasent leaked out within the last few days.

but now when i turn the ac on i get a whine like a power stearing pump is dieing but as soon as i switch it off it stops.

you guys got and idea's?
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Old Mar 27, 2012 | 06:40 PM
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Take it to a professional....
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Old Mar 27, 2012 | 08:19 PM
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and learn from it and run your ac occasionally during the winter
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Old Mar 27, 2012 | 08:24 PM
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It's probably the clutch bearing. You can just replace the bearing for about 30 bucks. A new four seasons compressor is 250, a delphi is 350. Try the bearing first...
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