Ferret
06-20-2007, 01:38 AM
I set off back home this morning from a long weekend at a friends place... about a 250-300 mile drive. Hit the motorway and this interesting burning smell starts up... having just got a cheapo phone charger from ASDA, I gave that a careful sniff and discovered it was making a burning plastic smell. Fair 'nuff, plugged it back in and let it fry for a bit as my phone was totally flat and I needed to call home.
What I didnt realise was that the charger was masking a much stronger burning plastic smell coming from under the hood. About halfway home I realised that the A/C had stopped functioning totally, and was producing warm humid air.
Pulled off at the next set of services and popped the hood, to be met with a blue haze.
"OShi...."
On all the hoses around the A/C pulley there's shards of melted/splattered plastic. This isnt just like burned rubber or rubber dust, it's hard crispy bits of plastic.
The pulley is still turning on the pump, and the A/C system still has one hell of a lot of pressure in it. (I nearly blew my face off, er, 'testing' it.)
The A/C system wasnt working brilliantly for about a month prior to this, so my question is, is this likely to be the compressor or the clutch, and is the clutch a separately replaceable part?
Looks like I'm gonna have to hit ebay for an entire new unit ;.;
What I didnt realise was that the charger was masking a much stronger burning plastic smell coming from under the hood. About halfway home I realised that the A/C had stopped functioning totally, and was producing warm humid air.
Pulled off at the next set of services and popped the hood, to be met with a blue haze.
"OShi...."
On all the hoses around the A/C pulley there's shards of melted/splattered plastic. This isnt just like burned rubber or rubber dust, it's hard crispy bits of plastic.
The pulley is still turning on the pump, and the A/C system still has one hell of a lot of pressure in it. (I nearly blew my face off, er, 'testing' it.)
The A/C system wasnt working brilliantly for about a month prior to this, so my question is, is this likely to be the compressor or the clutch, and is the clutch a separately replaceable part?
Looks like I'm gonna have to hit ebay for an entire new unit ;.;