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Re: AC sound on 96 prizm
"RT" <noyabusiness@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:c9fe72dq2ke65nvm0t5kogiqepfots97nb@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> The ac works fairly well I have to say. Gets the car cold in AZ heat.
> I can clearly hear the compressor kick in and out, 10 seconds on, 10
> seconds off. It sounds rather mechanical, could there be a bearing in
> the compressor going south ? Is this fixable or does it need a new
> compressor ? Car has 135K on it.
> Thanks
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compressors in auto's are big pumps. Maybe even bigger than the one in your home. Arizona is smoking HOT too.
When your system cycles on a 110f degree day it will be much more noticeable (probably feel it too) than it would if the ambient
temp was say 80f degree.
Imagine something like 6 - 10 cubic inch's worth of compressor and maybe 300 psi out there in that 120d desert heat and its easy to
see were the noise comes from.
some types of compressors are just noisy too like those 2 cylinder CCI pumps. (york)
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