quest - thanks again for all your help.
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Perhaps you can do the following for me:
1. what was the rationale behind recharging your system at the first place? (no ridicule given, just wanna know why) Is your system running "not-cool"? or you figure that it's about time to service your A/C system given it's age?
When I first bought the car in July 2005 (with 66k on it) the AC seemed to take a while to cool off the first time I used it, and didn't seem to get really cold - but it did work. so the very next day I "recharged" it with one of those cans and a recharge kit. it then seemed to work great. now, the car had been sitting idle for a few months before I bought it - maybe that had something to do with the weak AC? (that is, instead of it being low on refrigerant)?
also, the AC had never been serviced before - I have every receipt/record from the previous owner (and the dealer also has it online) so there was no previous problem with it.
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2. if you may, would you plse (to the best of your abilities) take a closer look at the compressor body or near the shaft/pully are for general oily wetness or some kind of oil spray (not very heavy, something as light as sewing machine oil) under pressure?
I will do so tomorrow and report back.
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At this point I simply cannot tell you where the fault lies but my suspicion would be ---> (*cause): overfilled A/C lubrication oil, (*consequence): causing oil spray from the shaft seal area into your clutch pack on your A/C pulley)
This will definitely happen if you overfill your A/C system with excess topoff oil.
ahh, I see what you are saying. that does sound logical, and would be consistent with what I have done to the car.
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I would also strongly recommend you to go get/borrow a factory service manual for proper gaping of the clutch and alignment before you put it back into good use for servicing A/C compressor is not for faint-of-heart (yours-truely sure wouldn't touch that part with a 10ft pole, been-there,done that in my "naive" years).....
luckily I do have the Nissan FSM for this car with the proper gapping specs.
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Alternatively, ask the A/C shop to see if they are experienced in replacing the clutch pack on that particular compressor pump/vehicle of yourss and see how much they charge for. If it's not too much, might as well pass the responsibility/liability to the pros.
yeah that's probably good advice. I'm one of those people who thinks he can do everything himself, and do it right/better than the shops -- but I'll admit AC systems are way beyond my area of skill/expertise. for some reason I just don't trust the local shops to do it right, though.
UPDATE on the R134a oil -- I emailed Interdynamics and they said the oil in the product i used is PAG100. I do believe the calsonic spec is PAG46 -- but at least it's PAG and not POE. so hopefully I don't have sludge in the system from incompatible oils.
