If it didn't do it before and from what you said started after a brisk drive, I would check again after the car had an overnight rest.
Could be as simple as a re-gas as named symptom seem to be related to heat build up and lack of lubrication.
If it didn't do it before and from what you said started after a brisk drive, I would check again after the car had an overnight rest.
Could be as simple as a re-gas as named symptom seem to be related to heat build up and lack of lubrication.
Fear keeps you alive. Fearless gets you killed
Herman
Vin#076 pics, Black, modified and with 234 RWHP and 276 lb/ft (275 BHP and 440 Nm @ flywheel)
FJ1200, DynoJet Stage 1, K&N filter
Alfa MiTo 1.4 Cloverleaf, 170 BHP, Alfa Rosso.
Whining seems to be a warning to you that the compressor may be ready to seize. I'll be posting soon about my own aircon experience which has involved three compressors - the original which seized solid and threw the belt thus requiring a flatbed truck trip home at vast expense, the replacement compressor which unforunately was installed by a garage who failed to flush the system and so suffered the "black death" (also at vast expense) and now the third one which is running well. The second one started whining after a while as the black death worked its grim work. The new compressor does not whine at all.
My car has now done 40,000 miles and the seizing of the aircon compressor seems to be a problem that can manifest itself around that mileage (depends how much you use it, or perhaps not use it, ie leave the ATC in Econ mode). My advice would be to replace any whining compressor with a new one from the US as soon as practicable before yours seizes and the cost of replacement escalates. Have a look at techchoiceparts.com - our FS10 compressors (new, not rebuilt or "remanufactured" as the Yanks call them) are half price just now ($US130)!! Search the site for 4.6 li Ford Mustang GT Mach 1 2004.
Last edited by Malcolmr; 03-02-2010 at 11:43 PM.
VIN 206
This is definitely not her car...
There is a guy listing some 260 stuff on ebay at the moment who has them for £150 plus shipping
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/gtracingno1/m...&_trksid=p4340
Last edited by ColinE; 03-02-2010 at 11:45 PM.
Colin Ellis #456 It'll be alright in the end. If it's not alright, it's not the end
Keep those fingers crossed and make sure your roadside recovery insurance is up-to-date!
VIN 206
This is definitely not her car...
bugger- I need a regas, and am suffering whine- do I spend a lump of the supercharger hoard on compressor, condenser, and labour, or just regas and hope for the best .
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Start with a regas it's the cheapest - if it's not that then you've wasted the least
Mine has been regassed this week, and serpentine belt changed; as soon as I get her back I'll let you know if it's sorted the whine on mine out
Last edited by ColinE; 04-02-2010 at 10:01 PM.
Colin Ellis #456 It'll be alright in the end. If it's not alright, it's not the end
thanks Colin, yes let me know.
wuld sooner keep the money stashed- evry little helps
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Apologies guys, if I've posted this in the wrong place - I'm a bit new to the whole forum thing so not entirely clear on etiquette - but this 4 year old discussion seemed to be the most appropriate place to chip in with a quick novice question.
I have a suspect failing aircon compressor - gradual loss of cold air con over a 200 mile period, but a constant flow of very hot air into the cabin when the A/C is switched-off completely, then a strong smell of burning electric motor which occurred during the next journey (I originally thought it was the racer-boy next to me at the traffic lights in his Ford Fiesta - but the smell reappeared 40 miles later when I was stationary at the next set of lights!) and after a bit of investigation, a rattly front plate on the aircon pulley, which will turn by hand but no longer seems to rotate with the belt system....
So my main question is, can I drive the car a reasonable distance like this, as long as the Econ button is selected to disengage the aircon clutch? Or is a compressor seize now inevitable, a belt snap on the cards and an expensive afternoon with a man from the AA in my future? I'm just wondering if I dare use the car while I source the parts and pick a garage.
Thanks,
James
Sounds like it could be the clutch on the compressor which has failed. The smell of burning rubber is the clue.
Dave Rushfirth
Empty garage where #138 used to be