My daughter’s driving my old '03 Taurus that’s been having issues. Her BIL looked at it and says that it’s the compressor and she needs to have it fixed. Her uncle says that she can drive the car just fine without it, she just won’t have AC. The BIL then said the compressors not just broken, it’s ac…

“The BIL then said the compressors not just broken, it’s actually falling off and if it does then there’s a chance a belt will come loose, which could make the engine stop. She’s not sure what she should do. Any advice?” My advice would be to check the bolts that attach the compressor to the engine…

What’s probably happened is the compressor clutch bearing has failed. When this happens, the failed bearing grinds down the snout where the bearing mounts to the front of the compressor. And if continued long enough, the pulley on the compressor will separate from the compressor and the serpentine …

Thanks for the reply. Tester, her BIL says $225 for parts and $150 for labor. Does that price fall in line with what you were talking about?

Her BIL is charging her labor! What the hell is wrong with him! She’s FAMILY! As far as price? You don’t say what’s being replaced. Tester

LOL, no her BIL isn’t the one doing the work. He works around cars but apparently this isn’t his area of expertise. I’ll have to get more details but from what she knows, that’s the price to replace the compressor.

George, we live in Central Florida. So, you’re right, you never know about storms.

If that price is for a new compressor, and it gets the AC working again, that’s cheap! Otherwise? See if one of the by-pass pulley’s is more in order. Tester

@htmodad … Remember back a few years when Florida had all those hurricanes? It was one hurricane after another. Well, one of my co-workers here in San Jose decided just before all that happened to move to Florida because he heard there was good fishing there. So he told his wife “I’ve quite my jo…

On some of those Ford V6’s of that vintage, you can simply leave the broken AC in its place, buy a shorter serpentine belt and install it without going around the AC pulley. I know on the 2002 Taurus, the (shorter) rerouted belt just clears the AC pulley. I understand some other years do as well. …

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George_San_Jose1 October 31, 2015, 2:58am 5

This isn’t something that she can simply ignore. Some remedy is needed, otherwise she’ll wind up stranded somewhere. And you know when that happens, it seems like it always happens during the worst storm on recent record.

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