Hi All,

 

Driven to work in my Z for the first time in two weeks today. All is well apart from a dreadful noise - seems to come from the front drivers wheel arch area - sounds like something rubbing/catching, the sort of sound you might get if the wheel arch liner was rubbing the wheel. I've checked and it isn't. Funny thing is it stops when I turn the aircon off...!?

 

Any ideas? Aircon pump? Belt has been recently changed...maybe needs tightening? No squeal just a loud scraping noise - very loud with window down...

 

Any advice appreciated as always.

 

RobH

Could be the clutch inside the compressor. If it is you will need to get another compressor.

 

cheerz

Hi Rob,

 

Did the belt snap before you had the new one put on?

I had this problem with the aircon on my MR2 turbo. I later found out that the compressor had packed up and that had caused the belt to snap.

 

If the compressor is knackered you are looking at a bill of £600 upwards. Might be an idea to source a good second hand one from somewhere.

 

Justin.

aircon pump is knackered, happened to mine, makes a whirring noise at high revs right? Sounds really awful at idle and gets louder and louder till it sounds so nasty you hit the off button?

hi Guys

 

thanks for the input - had a root under the bonnet last night and found the aircon belt tensioner pulley had dropped off - doh! Pretty sure that's the cause of my problem. Noise was due to it being loose I think, wobbling about and causing belt slippage - sounded really awful.

 

Cheers!

hi Guys

 

thanks for the input - had a root under the bonnet last night and found the aircon belt tensioner pulley had dropped off - doh! Pretty sure that's the cause of my problem. Noise was due to it being loose I think, wobbling about and causing belt slippage - sounded really awful.

 

Cheers!

 

Rob - was that the final result - just the tensioner loose - I have a similar noise and I am keeping everything crossed it is the same problem....

 

AndyGP :dance: