If it is working fine, and the noise is only when it is disengaged you should only need to change the clutch on the compressor not the entire compressor. If there is room to pull the clutch off on the truck, then there is no need to evacuate the refrigerant.
the port to add freon is under the car in front of engine coming off the compressor hard to get to but can be done
Depends on make model year and engine.
Yes, if the compressor's bearings are bad, usually accompanied by a roaring or squealing noise coming from the compressor's pulley.
on the passenger side of engine, below ac compressor. coming from bottom radiator hose.
you shouldn't need to unless it set a check engine light for some reason. if it was just a compressor change for, say, the compressor locked up then no. hope this helps.
In a gear driven compressor which is integral to the engine (as is the case with heavy duty trucks), you don't - the motor oil flows through the compressor, lubricating it. That's why it's also a telltale sign that the compressor is bad if you bleed the air tanks and have oil coming out.
Flex plate (you might know it as the fly wheel) rubbing on something? Bad alternator? Trace the sound to where it's coming from, describe and ask again.
lay on your back and look up at the compressor in the right front section of the engine compartment, it is a fitting on the larger hose coming off of the compressor.
If you have the new V-6 engine, (non compressor engine) then the capacity is 8.5 qts. with oil filter change.
There could be a few things that can cause this humming sound. It could be the wheel bearings rubbing, it could be the gears rubbing, it could even be coming from the engine pistons.?æ
The large opening of the compressor sucks in air to be compressed and burnt in the engine.
The large opening of the compressor sucks in air to be compressed and burnt in the engine.