I could hear a noise coming from my wife's expy when she arrived home today. I could tel something wasn't right and when I got to the back door, she had the window open because she wanted to tell me about it. It's hard to describe the sound but it was a chss-chss-chss... quite rapid and loud. She had popped the hood latch and I lifted it. It sounded like it was coming from the fan but i couldn't see if something was stuck in there b/c of all the plastic shrouds.
I told her to turn it off.
Immediately, the sound was gone.
I said turn it on.
Immediately, the motor stalled!
She started it, tried to turn on the AC (pressing "Auto") and it stalled again.
I had her rev it a little bit and turn on the AC the next time and this time it faltered but ran. Then, I could smell stuff and see what I thought was smoke. (For a brief second, I was worried it was low on oil but I had just changed it and new I put the 7qt in there.)
Later, I turned it on with no AC and drove it. Drove fine. I came home, turned on the AC and it did NOT falter at all. But the AC did not work and smelled a little funny.
Is this a compressor issue maybe? How can I diagnose it?
I told her to turn it off.
Immediately, the sound was gone.
I said turn it on.
Immediately, the motor stalled!
She started it, tried to turn on the AC (pressing "Auto") and it stalled again.
I had her rev it a little bit and turn on the AC the next time and this time it faltered but ran. Then, I could smell stuff and see what I thought was smoke. (For a brief second, I was worried it was low on oil but I had just changed it and new I put the 7qt in there.)
Later, I turned it on with no AC and drove it. Drove fine. I came home, turned on the AC and it did NOT falter at all. But the AC did not work and smelled a little funny.
Is this a compressor issue maybe? How can I diagnose it?