When looking at the front of the engine its the pulley in the lower left corner. Whatever this is is making noises and its getting soo hot that at night it glows. TIA. Its a '98 TA.

 

YIKES! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" />

Thats the a/c compressor, I believe. How has your a/c been?

<small>[ April 17, 2003, 10:11 PM: Message edited by: MOBE ]</small>

 

I never use my a/c. If its nice out, the tops come off. This happened after installing the throttle body bypass. Just to make sure, the whole thing doesn't glow, just the wheel in front.

 

hmmm?

Is the pulley you are refering to, driven by the assessories belt (6 rib) or the a/c belt (4 rib)? If it is that a/c compressor, maybe the clutch went out on it, or something. A bearing maybe? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />

I don't know how the TB bypass could have to do with that. So I would rule that out.

 

I "believe" it is the smaller belt. Can i remove the a/c compressor without any probs? like i said, i really don't use it.

 

^^^^

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by 2QuikTA:
<strong> I "believe" it is the smaller belt. Can i remove the a/c compressor without any probs? like i said, i really don't use it. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, you can. If nothing else, just remove the belt for the time being...

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by GeorgeC:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by 2QuikTA:
<strong> I "believe" it is the smaller belt. Can i remove the a/c compressor without any probs? like i said, i really don't use it. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, you can. If nothing else, just remove the belt for the time being... </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thats what I did. My a/c clutch was making a funny/annoying noise a while back. So I just took the a/c belt off. Problem solved! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> But, its starting to get rather warm here now. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="gr_sad.gif" />