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- '02 Mazda Protege5
My AC system works , blows ice cold air but the compressor makes a freakin' racket. I can hear a fast knocking sound coming from it. It's mostly when its turned on but sometimes I can hear the same noise faintly when it's off. sometimes the belt squeals as well like when i first start it up and drive off. The clutch disengages when I turn off the AC but it seems to "Drag" a bit you can see it spinning slowly with the pully.
I saw on another Mazda site, for Mazda 3/6 I believe, that there was a cheap fix for this as it may not require the compressor to be replaced, they just took the center clutch plate and pully out and replaced the bearing inside the pulley/clutch assembly, without even having to evacuate the refrigerant. IS this possible on the Protege5?
I saw on another Mazda site, for Mazda 3/6 I believe, that there was a cheap fix for this as it may not require the compressor to be replaced, they just took the center clutch plate and pully out and replaced the bearing inside the pulley/clutch assembly, without even having to evacuate the refrigerant. IS this possible on the Protege5?