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Old 10-09-2013, 12:16 PM
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KY burning rubber smell went away turning off ac

So I had a burning rubber smell last night with the ac running. I looked under the car and couldn't see anything burning or heating up on the exhaust. Then I looked under the hood and I noticed what I think is the ac compressor (the pulley closest to the driver side) coming on and off in rapid succession. So I turned off the A/C and the smell went away. So my question's are:

Am I correct that it was the ac compressor cycling on and off?

Why was the car smelling like burnt rubber?

Also my wife was driving so we were going pretty pedestrian on country roads. She is very slow with the clutch so there were no burnouts or any hard driving.

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compressor pulley might be hanging up. the burnt smell is probably the belt. happened to me
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so what did you do to get it rolling freely again?
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my car removed the belt by itself lol. havent replaced the condenser yet but i dont dd my 8 nor use a/c much. you could try pb blaster on it but i dont know if it will work
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Sounds like it could be a compressor issue as well as being low on freon.
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yeah I was wondering if it might just be low on refrigerant myself. fingers crossed that's what it is. Anyways it's turned pretty cool here til spring so I have a few months to figure it out
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