Howdy folks-

I just bought a 95 honda civic dx sedan and after taking the car home- I found a problem with the cars airconditioner.

When the car is idling- everything is perfect.
When I press the A/C button- I hear a faint buzz
When I step on the gas- then let off (as the rpm's fall) - there is a horrible grinding/buzzing noise. It doesn't happen as the rpm's rise.
When I turn off the AC- everything sounds perfect.

It only happens when the ac is on. Someone told me it could be the compresser of the ac or it could be the clutch to the ac?

What do you think it is? Can I fix this myself- what would the parts cost to replace- and lastly- where on the internet do you buy honda parts for your civic.

thanks

brian

 

It most definitely sounds like the clutch on the compressors pulley. You could take your chances and get a compressor off of a salvage car and just remove the pulley and clutch then reassemble it on your compressor or just swap out the whole compressor.

I would say that if your air is working, keep your compressor and just swap out the pulley and clutch on it. You'll need a special tool to get the pulley and clutch off of the compressor but it can be done. I think Autozone has the tool and they loan out just about any tool you would need to work on a car for a small deposit which is refunded when you return the tool:thumbup:

For my H22 in the civic, I had to retain the civics compressor and mount it to the H22 with an adapter plate to retain A/C. The pulley's on the two compressors were not the same though so I had to remove the pulley from the civics compressor and the H22's compressor and swap them... it's really simple if you have the right tool. You definitely want to remove the compressor from the block though to make it easy to swap the parts.