Re: AC - whata drag

[Dave Head <dhead@sundial.sundial.net>]

At 09:39 AM 9/30/96 EDT, Paul wrote:

> I've got a 1990 90Q20V with an annoying trait.  Whenever I'm running the   
>climate control (heat or A/C, but particularly with the A/C) I experience   
>very slight, but very annoying drag that is intermittent.  Normally, one   
>may experience a slight drag when first turning on the A/C in a car, but   
>this goes on and on and on.  The symptom is that you can feel the car   
>laboring ever so slightly off and on for the duration of the drive.  This   
>can't be normal (can it?).
> Question:  anybody else got this problem?

On mine, it feels like its sucked 30 hp outa the car - which it probly
has... Only solution I know is to replace the ND (or AC-Delco fer 86 and
earlier) with a Sanden (true) rotary compressor  - much much efficient, much
less drag. About 500.00 w/clutch plus custom hoses (50.00+ apiece), plus
evac and refill (about 65.00 most places), plus a new receiver-drier
(45.00). Fer a grand total of $700.00+, problem solved (labor not included
for custom bracket). Plus you take yer choice of freon types...


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