Blkngold
8/5/2007 5:57:31 PM
Im new to this forum. I searched the forum for this unusual problem and did not get a hit so here goes...
The AC blew out on our '02 Xplr XLT (4.0L) today at a light. There was a pop and then the truck struggled when my wife stepped on the accelerator. Within a block there was smoke coming from driver's side front wheel well. We pulled over and I took a look but could not see exactly what it was. At first I thought it was a leak in one of the coolant hoses since it was wet on the lower side of engine bay but not likely since there wasn't much of a leak no dripping. .
I let it cool a bit and looked under it and what I found surprized me. It turns out it was the ac compressor housing on the lower half has a hole blown out (roughly 2x3). The hoses are intact and there were no signs prior that we noticed. I collected the pieces and I took pics. I have never heard of this. The only thing I can think of is there was a high pressure issue but I assumed the hoses would give before the (cast) housing .
anybody heard of this before? what causes it.
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