AC, Upper cover oil leak...

[Waterloo]

(10-06-2019 )Mattman Wrote:  $140 is cheap. Only thing I don't like is if they tear up internally you have an A/C system full of metal shavings to try to get out.

Was it just the clutch or is the compressor locked up?

$140 was too much in my book. These things only last a few months, rarely past 15 months or so. And I have owned a few, the expensive and the cheap, all with the same results. I'll stick with the cheap ones, getting to be pretty good at swapping these compressors out.

It was the AC clutch, had not locked up yet, caught it in time. I unplugged the compressor and removed the belt. The clutch itself is grinding when you turn it by hand, the new one is nice and smooth.

No catastrophic failure, thank God. That is expensive because, that condenser up front usually gets taken out, along with everything else. $$$$$$$$

I need to finish assembling the intake side, will get the system vacuumed down and recharged today.