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My 2016 GT AC compressor has been making progressively more noise. When I turn off the heating/cooling panel power in the car, the AC compressor clutch turns off and the noise stops-I can see it stop spinning.
Ok, so my AC compressor is dying. But my question for the group is why when it is 25 degrees out and I have the heat set to max, does the AC compressor clutch engage at all? Not wanting to have the AC compressor eat itself and spread metal through the cooling system, I unplugged the wire to the AC compressor clutch and now no noise and all the heat I want, which is all I'm going to need here in Chicago for many months. But does the AC compressor engaging all the time mean there is some other problem I should fix? It doesn't seem like a good thing for the AC system to be running super cold outside air. But since the AC compressor clutch disengages when I turn off the heating/cooling panel power, all that seems fine. (Having the AC compressor engage, also means the radiator electric fans run up to max as well, which is also hardly what I want on 0 degree days in Chicago.)
Thanks!
Ok, so my AC compressor is dying. But my question for the group is why when it is 25 degrees out and I have the heat set to max, does the AC compressor clutch engage at all? Not wanting to have the AC compressor eat itself and spread metal through the cooling system, I unplugged the wire to the AC compressor clutch and now no noise and all the heat I want, which is all I'm going to need here in Chicago for many months. But does the AC compressor engaging all the time mean there is some other problem I should fix? It doesn't seem like a good thing for the AC system to be running super cold outside air. But since the AC compressor clutch disengages when I turn off the heating/cooling panel power, all that seems fine. (Having the AC compressor engage, also means the radiator electric fans run up to max as well, which is also hardly what I want on 0 degree days in Chicago.)
Thanks!