ok so today i was driving home from work and it was traffic time and 113 degrees isnt comfortable sumtimes, so i turned on the A/C but sum loud noise came out of under the hood, so i pulled over and popped the hood and heard the noise coming from the compressor which im not sure, it might be the clutch thing but i dont know so what do u guys think??
any help appreciated!!
TIA

 

anyone??

 

come on guys.. sumone should know!

 

These questions do not get answered for some reason, no one wants to talk about A/C I guess. It's just not JDM, Ha. I had this same problem on my old Del Sol and it turned out to be the bearings in the compressor. It will still work but make a really loud squeeking noise at high RPM's. It is the compressor telling you that it needs new bearings. I have heard of people replacing them, but you have to keep the coolant becuase they do not sell it anymore. A new compresoor might be the way to go. The clutch is engaging fine if it still gets cold and works. Hope this helps

 

yea it helped but i guess i need a new compressor and why dont people like A/C??
dont they use it in Japan?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hex420 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">These questions do not get answered for some reason, no one wants to talk about A/C I guess. It's just not JDM, Ha. I had this same problem on my old Del Sol and it turned out to be the bearings in the compressor. It will still work but make a really loud squeeking noise at high RPM's. It is the compressor telling you that it needs new bearings. I have heard of people replacing them, but you have to keep the coolant becuase they do not sell it anymore. A new compresoor might be the way to go. The clutch is engaging fine if it still gets cold and works. Hope this helps</TD></TR></TABLE>

it has nothing to do with it being jdm. why answer if you don't have any reliable advice to give.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MDM &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea it helped but i guess i need a new compressor and why dont people like A/C??
dont they use it in Japan? </TD></TR></TABLE>


it's not that people don't like to talk about a/c. i guess no one on here is that experience with compressors (at this time of the day anyway).

and yes they use a/c in japan.

 

lol... i know im kidding
i just wanted sum more help but i guess no one knows

 

there are few places now-a-days that replace only the bearing or rebuild compressors. it is faster and more efficient just to replace the whole compressor. which means you are looking at about $500 for a new one.

 

I had the same problem, I went to the junkyard and got a used one about a year ago and it still work fine. It was only 45$

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 94hatchling &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> it is faster and more efficient just to replace the whole compressor. which means you are looking at about $500 for a new one. </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

damn 500.. well im swapping an ls vtec pretty soon should i wait? is anything different between sohc and dohc a/c setups???

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MDM &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">damn 500.. well im swapping an ls vtec pretty soon should i wait? is anything different between sohc and dohc a/c setups???</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes, now you are speaking my language.

the DOHC use a larger compressor, and the lines to the compressor are ran slightly different over the SOHC.

since you plan on doing a swap, i'm taking it you have a civic. when you do the swap, you will need to pick up the compressor bracket off of a crv, and the d-series compressor and belt will bolt right up. no headaches, no custom lines. plug n play.

 

so once i do the swap i should keep the sohc compressor??
or should i just get the dohc setup??

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MDM &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so once i do the swap i should keep the sohc compressor??
or should i just get the dohc setup??</TD></TR></TABLE>

you won't be able to keep the DOHC set up, so keep the SOHC compressor.

 

oh i see.. but i still need a new one
so then all i need is a compressor bracket of a CRV and thats it, right??

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MDM &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">oh i see.. but i still need a new one
so then all i need is a compressor bracket of a CRV and thats it, right??</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes, and since you have a a/c bracket from the DOHC motor, make sure you take off the pulley and pulley brakcet and put it on the new a/c bracket.

here feel free to scroll through:
https://honda-tech.com/zero...34525

 

coo thanks