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Offline 96GreenMachine

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A/C compressor question
« on: October 11, 2013, 09:19:06 pm »
Hey everyone, I went out to my truck last week, and found a leak coming from under the hood. Opened up the hood and found my a/c compressor soaked in oil and a steady drip coming from it. At $200 for a new compressor I was originally gonna just put a bypass pulley on. But now I've noticed my heater not working, and realized that when i turned on my heater, I can hear the A/C pump come on. My question is does the compressor have anything to do with my heater system, or is it another problem I have to solve? No leaks from the heater core, and everything else checks out fine. Trucks a 96 Ram with the 5.2. Any help is appreciated.
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Re: A/C compressor question
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2013, 09:42:20 pm »
I now the ac compressor comes on with the defrost
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Re: A/C compressor question
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2013, 12:05:41 am »
I now the ac compressor comes on with the defrost

 I think the compresssor is cycled periodically to keep the system lubricated.
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Re: A/C compressor question
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2013, 11:58:58 pm »
You can disconnect the wire going to the clutch and that will keep it from engaging. Rob, on the older vehicles I don't think they did that, is was on a demand only basis. These newer vehicles I'm not fully sure except for the systems where it is designed to maintain a certain operator selected temp (my T&C being one).

Now, could you tell where the leak was coming from?

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Re: A/C compressor question
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2013, 11:53:34 pm »
You can disconnect the wire going to the clutch and that will keep it from engaging. Rob, on the older vehicles I don't think they did that, is was on a demand only basis. These newer vehicles I'm not fully sure except for the systems where it is designed to maintain a certain operator selected temp (my T&C being one).

Now, could you tell where the leak was coming from?

Well I jumped to conclusions to quickly and sounded like a fool  :banging: haha, the ac compressor was soaked in a green fluid which I had assumed was compressor oil, upon further inspection, I found my water pump gasket had let loose and coolant was slung all under the hood. So I slapped a new water pump on and new hoses and all has been good.
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Re: A/C compressor question
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2013, 03:56:01 am »
Much cheaper and easier fix at least!
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