AC compressor......again....

[Blwnsmoke]

What kind of BS reasoning of them trying not to cover it? It's not something an owner could do to cause it to fail.

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[Nfs1000f]

The only ones that win in the class action lawsuit are the lawyers.

 

[ice445]

I wonder how much the stretch belt affects this problem? Maybe adding a tensioner would help with longevity. Or it could do absolutely nothing and it's just the compressors they're using, lol.

 

[galaxy]

I hate putting that stupid ass thing on like that.

 

[Blizzard_350]

Originally Ford wanted to just fix "a line" that in their eyes failed....So, that was going to be 385 for part plus 400 to evac the system and refill it, (ESP only covers the AC compressor I found out, guess I figured AC system coverage covered lines too but that's a different discussion)...Once they did that, they realized that the other line (which they replaced last year) was also blown. So they nicely said they would cover that line seeing it was replaced by them less then one year ago. They then pressurized the system and found out that the compressor would not engage (like it didn't the prior two times over two years). So now that the compressor was found to be an issue my ESP covered it, the lines, the evac and refill. So I guess that's the good news. The tech told me that he has seen the AC lines blown off before on the 350's because in his thoughts the AC compressor cant handle being spun up that much because of the high engine rpm's. I guess there are not enough 350's to warrant a different design of the AC compressor and system in Ford's mind, but we the consumer gets screwed in our time and money. Not to mention the month the car was down (Throw in the whole computer network hack that happened dealership wide). Hey I live in New England only so many days we can drive weather wise up here so being out that much time really sucked!

 

[NPTR]

I hope at some point, there is an aftermarket solution that can handle the voodoo dynamics, this way when ours fail out of warranty, we can replace with an aftermarket "built" unit and be done with it...

I accidentally left my AC on the other day after pushing the car hard and got concerned...that's a fear I shouldn't have. Is what it is, I just hope Ford recognizes this over time (enough 350s out there for a class action to make sense...have seen this on VW cars I've owned and it covered all replacement costs) AND I hope someone in the aftermarket steps in and makes a sturdier solution that will actually stand the test of time!

 

[galaxy]

I’ll let you know. Replaced mine just a couple weeks ago and I did not get a Ford compressor or condenser.​

 

[KeyLime]

I wonder if there's a way to change the AC pulley size so it doesn't spin up so high. Granted that may hurt AC performance at low rpm. Probably not easy given the clutch mechanism and the like.

 

[Blizzard_350]

I wonder if there's a way to change the AC pulley size so it doesn't spin up so high. Granted that may hurt AC performance at low rpm. Probably not easy given the clutch mechanism and the like.

That was one thought we joked around about with my friends on this.

 

[MrMike]

I think getting the clutch mechanism to stop running the compressor at high RPMs similar to what it does at WOT would be the correct solution. I have no idea how to do it though.

 

[galaxy]

Turn it off. I’ve never left my ac on when preparing to send it. I thought this was more common operating practice than apparently it is.

 

[DougS550]

I wonder how much the stretch belt affects this problem? Maybe adding a tensioner would help with longevity. Or it could do absolutely nothing and it's just the compressors they're using, lol.

When I reinstalled the stretch belt after last winter mods, I was amazed at the amount of pressure the belt was putting on the AC compressor and on the front crank bearing. If someone made a less tension belt I would install without a second thought.

 

[wingnutt]

Turn it off. I’ve never left my ac on when preparing to send it. I thought this was more common operating practice than apparently it is.

this, times eleventy…
64k on mine (knock on wood) but yea,
the top of my shenanigan list is “A/C off”

 

[ice445]

When I reinstalled the stretch belt after last winter mods, I was amazed at the amount of pressure the belt was putting on the AC compressor and on the front crank bearing. If someone made a less tension belt I would install without a second thought.

Supposedly you can install a tensioner pulley from the 11-14 cars, there's a threaded spot on the timing cover in the right spot. It's probably not actually threaded anymore but it can probably be tapped I imagine. Or maybe the hole is gone too, I never looked on mine. I know people used to do it though.

 

[DougS550]

Supposedly you can install a tensioner pulley from the 11-14 cars, there's a threaded spot on the timing cover in the right spot. It's probably not actually threaded anymore but it can probably be tapped I imagine. Or maybe the hole is gone too, I never looked on mine. I know people used to do it though.

I will look into that as a plausible way to put a tensioner for the AC belt. I mean, out of all of the AC belts I have changed on other cars, this one I thought immediately was incredibaly stupidly way to tight for a compressor. My first thought was, holy crap that is an extremly amount of pressure being applied to the front crank pulley.

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