I have been driving without AC belt for a long time!
 

So I just realized when I was changing my oil why my AC wasn't working last summer. I have only one belt on my engine which is the alternator belt. The other one is missing! There are 2 on the rx8, I was looking at some pictures of other engines. I rarely use my AC since it's cold as hell up here. I tried turning it on I heard a click but cold air never came through.


Sorry for being a newbie but it never crossed my mind to check if a belt snapped. So I have been driving like this for over a year now. Is it possible I damaged anything along the way of not noticing? What other components run on that belt besides the AC compressor? Air pump? or is it just the AC?


Thanks again, don't laugh at me too much plz

I don't think so. The previous owner probably took it off thinking it would gain some horse power. Buy the right serpentine belt and put it on; if you still have freon charged in the system, the A/C clutch should cycle once you turn the A/C ON.

I was in the same boat. For the longest time I drove without an AC belt but I never turned the AC on. I highly doubt any damage would've been done.

it doesn't damage anything, the belt really just turns the AC on and that's it.