A/C compressor locked up
 

my ac compressor locked up yesterday and burnt the belt up and all that good stuff. my question is i went to oreillys to price a new one and they had one that with intercooler and one without intercooler. and 100 dollers in price differnece. but whats the difference? my truck is a 93 intercooled truck but why does that affect the compressor?

Who knows maybe how the lines come into the compressor. I will suggest a new versus rebuilt compressor, I put a rebuilt on my truck and it was junk 10 months later and then I went with a new one. :c:

Intercooled mounts with 4 bolts straight through the compressor, into the compressor mount, Non-Iced mounts similar to how the alternator does.
Non-Iced also has a slightly larger pulley.

The pulley/bearing assembly to rebuild a Non-Iced A/C compressor is extremely hard to come by.

Be glad yours is intercooled.

Mark.

thanks for the info guys. but come to find out upon further inspection of it when i got home the ac is fine. the water pump was my culprit. im glad to cause its a lot cheaper haha

The water pump actually LOCKED UP?
There's one that doesn't happen every day.:humm:

Mark.

no it didnt lock up lol
it just had alot of play in the pump and caused the belt to get all knarwled up.
i thought the ac was locked up and was what caused it, but that was a quick assumption cause i was in a hurry to get to school. i trailered it home the next day from where i left it and realized the ac was fine

At least it's cheaper than a new or reman A/C compressor.:tu:

Mark.

Make sure you get ALL the bits of metal out of your system before firing it back up.

yes sir alot cheaper and easier to fix. i changed it without even taking the fan off, it was kinda a bitch but i got it done. putting the new belt on was the hardest part