Air Con Compressor gone pear shaped...

EoinM

Active Member
Just had an air conditioning firm look at my air con system...compressor is gone pear shaped[:@]

anyone have this happen to them? how much am i looking at? seat dealers are closed for lunch and just wondering...
 

leon263

Active Member
Jan 12, 2008
89
0
Funny you should menion that. One of the vanes on the impellor inside my compressor recently sheared off and locked the compressor. As a result the pully which drives the compressor and which is driven by the fan belt locked resulting in a broken fan belt. My first warning was a squealing noise for approx. 30 seconds and then the battery warning light came on.
A quick look in the engine bay revealed the broken fan belt and locked pulley. Happy that I was not going to do any more damage I drove on the the nearest dealer about 20 miles away on battery power where I was supplied with a courtesy car as they did not have a compressor in stock. A new compressor arrived next day and was fitted under warranty without quibble.
My car is approx. 30 mts old and has 30,000 on the clock.
Hopefully you get the same sort of service.
 

Rampage

Trainee Northener
May 24, 2003
1,035
2
Doesn't the compressor pulley use a sort of clutch system which operates when you use the A/C ?
 

leon263

Active Member
Jan 12, 2008
89
0
It may well do but whatever went wrong in mine the pulley locked solid and snapped the fan belt as clean as a whistle.
 
Progressive Parts, performance parts and tuning specialists