Here's my latest Scoobie Doo mystery, a blown air conditioning compressor.
I have a 2001 Jeep Wrangler TJ Sport 4.0 I6 with 176k miles that I purchased last month after my TJ of 13 years was totaled by a guy with a lead foot and a death wish.
It has its issues, like the fact that the A/C works about as well as my lazy ass brother-in-law, never. Who needs A/C when you've got windows and a soft top?
Then yesterday morning she had a hard time starting. She just kept turning over until eventually starting. This happened several times throughout the day. Maybe it's the battery... the starter... alternator? Where to begin?
After driving on the highway and then a few side streets I started to noticed a short chirp that sounded like an angry raccoon under the hood. Then heat started to rise up from the shifter followed by the dreaded smell of smoking hot rubber.
No sooner did I get pulled over when suddenly a loud noise like someone blowing their nose into a pillow erupted from the engine.
Shit...
I managed to get home, only to find a spray of melted black rubber under the hood.
After a quick scan and some frantic googling I deduced a gasket in the air conditioning compressor blew.
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
How far off the mark am I? And if I'm right, what caused it? Failed compressor? Clogged line? Lack of refrigerant? Bad temperature sensor? All of these? None of these?
I seek your knowledge.
I have a 2001 Jeep Wrangler TJ Sport 4.0 I6 with 176k miles that I purchased last month after my TJ of 13 years was totaled by a guy with a lead foot and a death wish.
It has its issues, like the fact that the A/C works about as well as my lazy ass brother-in-law, never. Who needs A/C when you've got windows and a soft top?
Then yesterday morning she had a hard time starting. She just kept turning over until eventually starting. This happened several times throughout the day. Maybe it's the battery... the starter... alternator? Where to begin?
After driving on the highway and then a few side streets I started to noticed a short chirp that sounded like an angry raccoon under the hood. Then heat started to rise up from the shifter followed by the dreaded smell of smoking hot rubber.
No sooner did I get pulled over when suddenly a loud noise like someone blowing their nose into a pillow erupted from the engine.
Shit...
I managed to get home, only to find a spray of melted black rubber under the hood.
After a quick scan and some frantic googling I deduced a gasket in the air conditioning compressor blew.
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
How far off the mark am I? And if I'm right, what caused it? Failed compressor? Clogged line? Lack of refrigerant? Bad temperature sensor? All of these? None of these?
I seek your knowledge.