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Mr Big shot with 3/4 tank of gas.
It was me and what a PITA it was to flush and clean. You'll know pretty quickly when you open up the system especially at the orifice tube.
All right thanks. Fingers crossed. What symptoms did your compressor have? Did you know when the “catastrophic failure” happened?
My understanding is that when something goes that sideways in the a/c system, it’s pretty well expected that all these parts need to be replaced. Problem is.. what if any little remnants end up in that new compressor you’re installing..?
Well it’s like @RAMurphy said, if there’s metal fragments in the system I’ll know when I look at the orifice tube. And if so, I’ll have to flush the crap out. I’ll cross that bridge if and when I get there. Hopefully I won’t need to.My understanding is that when something goes that sideways in the a/c system, it’s pretty well expected that all these parts need to be replaced. Problem is.. what if any little remnants end up in that new compressor you’re installing..?
Sorry for the delayed response, family life got in the way. So symptons: for about 3-4 months I would get a rattling/vibration when the compressor clutch engaged. Then I lost a belt. Did a little research, so I replaced the tensioner. Didn't help. It was still cooling, just not as well. So I continued to troubleshooting. Then I lost another belt. It was middle of the summer, so I replaced it, and ran it at idle as I watched. Everytime the clutched engaged there was a slight metallic grinding noise and the belt would vibrate and most likely slip. Lived with it for another month and noticed cooling significantly dropped off when at idle. Two weeks later it essentially blew up internally when at a light. The freon all leaked out right there. It looked like my engine compartment caught fire. Hope that helped, Bob
