1996 Tahoe, 200k miles.
When I rebuild my engine I noticed the compressor was covered in green oil, no doubt it was compressor oil and it was leak tracer that made it green, whilst I had the compressor off to remove and reinstall the engine I cleaned up the compressor up, it looked new, so once it was installed I could pin point where it was leaking, now I have about 500 miles on the rebuild and the a/c it appears it is leaking on the body at the mechanical joints where its assembled, I am asking because I am hoping to run across someone that has had this problem before or has taken one apart and replaced the seals or gaskets.
Sure I can just go buy a new or rebuilt compressor so I dont need people to reply "replace it with a new or rebuilt one" I am not that kind of guy, I am also not just a parts changer type guy when it comes to fixing things that dont work
I want to fix it in a sensible way not just throw money at it, I am willing to bet its a simple expensive repair.
Anybody had one of these apart before?
Pics later when the sun is up
On a side note this compressor works perfectly and makes no noise, the clutch cycles perfectly and makes no noise, its just leaking from the case, I see no reason to trade it in on a rebuilt unit.
I have changed 4 compressors on other cars and trucks and had problems with each one, one they some how did not seat a snap ring properly so once the system was charged and I was taking the first road test a plug blew out spraying my whole pristine engine compartment with oil and freon in about 2.5 seconds, another the clutch lasted about a week and went bad, the 3rd started making noise after about 5k miles, another the front seal leaked after a few months.
FYI I do HVAC for a living so have some idea how they work.
Thanks in advance.
When I rebuild my engine I noticed the compressor was covered in green oil, no doubt it was compressor oil and it was leak tracer that made it green, whilst I had the compressor off to remove and reinstall the engine I cleaned up the compressor up, it looked new, so once it was installed I could pin point where it was leaking, now I have about 500 miles on the rebuild and the a/c it appears it is leaking on the body at the mechanical joints where its assembled, I am asking because I am hoping to run across someone that has had this problem before or has taken one apart and replaced the seals or gaskets.
Sure I can just go buy a new or rebuilt compressor so I dont need people to reply "replace it with a new or rebuilt one" I am not that kind of guy, I am also not just a parts changer type guy when it comes to fixing things that dont work
I want to fix it in a sensible way not just throw money at it, I am willing to bet its a simple expensive repair.Anybody had one of these apart before?
Pics later when the sun is up
On a side note this compressor works perfectly and makes no noise, the clutch cycles perfectly and makes no noise, its just leaking from the case, I see no reason to trade it in on a rebuilt unit.
I have changed 4 compressors on other cars and trucks and had problems with each one, one they some how did not seat a snap ring properly so once the system was charged and I was taking the first road test a plug blew out spraying my whole pristine engine compartment with oil and freon in about 2.5 seconds, another the clutch lasted about a week and went bad, the 3rd started making noise after about 5k miles, another the front seal leaked after a few months.
FYI I do HVAC for a living so have some idea how they work.
Thanks in advance.
