Hey all, I was just driving my car and had a realy bad smell enter the compartment. When I opened the hood I traced the smell to the AC compressor, I touched the face of the clutch/pulley and it was extremely hot. Has anyone experienced this before? And if the compressor is toast can I simply bypass it with a different belt or just remove it as the fix may be worth more than the car?

First time posting, hope you can help!

Don

Yup....your compressor seized. Mine did this a few months ago. You can take off the rear belt....or just not turn on the a/c and you should be fine.

 

The best solution would be to disconnect the electrical connector from the compressor. that way the clutch won't engage if you accidently hit the a/c or defrost buttons.

Thanks for the info! I'm just going to cut the belt as up north here we only use the AC a couple of weeks of the year. By the way I was checking to see if the belt runs anything else (93 Legacy, auto, 2 wh drive) but it seems not to so what runs the water pump?

 

Thanks,

Don

The water pump is driven by the timing belt.

 

My A/C compressor locked up this spring, in Texas gotta have it and lucked out with a JY replacement , new drier, flush and fill of system.

 

good luck

 

Thanks for the info! I'm just going to cut the belt as up north here we only use the AC a couple of weeks of the year. By the way I was checking to see if the belt runs anything else (93 Legacy, auto, 2 wh drive) but it seems not to so what runs the water pump?

 

Thanks,

Don