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post Jul 17, 2010 - 9:52 AM
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Long story short: As soon as I moved to Florida I lost my AC. Took her to the shop and found out that clutch on compressor was blown. After replacing the compressor and dryer (cost me $560) the car was fine for about two weeks, AC blowing icy-cold air. Yesterday I was driving down the street and out of sudden lost my AC again, on the top of it the car started jerking while under power.

The best way to explain it: when I'm driving with the AC on, it acts like it wants to go, then almost feels like bogging down (but without loosing any noticeable speed) and the speeds up again, resulting in noticeable jerk. This repeats in about 5 sec intervals. When I turn the AC off it completely disappears... WTH?
Also I noticed when I was slowing down to complete stop I hear this funny sound: sounds like "chit-chit-chit" and it speed variates with the speed of the vehicle... I remember the same sound shortly before I blew the clutch on the old compressor.

Can somebody explain to me what is happening?

I'm taking her back to the shop now, but would like to get second opinion.

Thanks.


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Posts in this topic
- conus00   Problems with AC   Jul 17, 2010 - 9:52 AM
- - Bitter   was the old compressor damaged or just the compres...   Jul 17, 2010 - 10:27 AM
- - OnAllFours   It sounds to me like the new compressor is seizing...   Jul 17, 2010 - 10:27 AM
- - lagos   Take it back to the shop. They probably installed ...   Jul 17, 2010 - 10:39 AM
- - conus00   QUOTE (Bitter @ Jul 17, 2010 - 11:27...   Jul 17, 2010 - 10:40 AM
- - Bitter   I've never seen a compressor clutch shredded. ...   Jul 17, 2010 - 11:36 AM
|- - conus00   QUOTE (Bitter @ Jul 17, 2010 - 12:36...   Jul 17, 2010 - 11:39 AM
- - Bitter   that sounds more like it ate the belt when the com...   Jul 17, 2010 - 2:48 PM
- - stephen_lee   the bearing in my ac clutch failed and that ...   Jul 17, 2010 - 3:23 PM
- - Spider77   Pics are great. Not saying that your mech is dirt...   Jul 17, 2010 - 3:24 PM
|- - Bitter   QUOTE (Spider77 @ Jul 17, 2010 - 4:2...   Jul 17, 2010 - 4:15 PM
- - stephen_lee   10 cyl 500 psi+ air compressor haha   Jul 17, 2010 - 5:09 PM
- - Spider77   True I guess it is, although I wouldnt use it to i...   Jul 17, 2010 - 6:12 PM
|- - Bitter   QUOTE (Spider77 @ Jul 17, 2010 - 7:1...   Jul 17, 2010 - 6:40 PM
|- - Spider77   QUOTE (Bitter @ Jul 17, 2010 - 6:40 ...   Jul 17, 2010 - 6:44 PM
|- - Bitter   QUOTE (Spider77 @ Jul 17, 2010 - 6:4...   Jul 17, 2010 - 6:48 PM
- - Spider77   I wouldnt take the celica out on a trail. Unless ...   Jul 17, 2010 - 6:51 PM
- - conus00   He wasn't available today. Got to wait till Mo...   Jul 17, 2010 - 8:33 PM
- - conus00   Just a quick update: won't be able to get her ...   Jul 20, 2010 - 11:12 AM
- - Spider77   Wow, so long...hopefully when you get her your AC ...   Jul 20, 2010 - 4:31 PM
- - conus00   Just quick update: Mechanic told me that the AC co...   Jul 30, 2010 - 8:48 AM
- - Agent21   First yes a compressor can shoot the clutch right ...   Aug 12, 2010 - 7:29 PM


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