Subject	Here's an illustration I made using a generic pic:
Posted by	Dave N on December 16, 2010 at 4:52 PM
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In Reply To	I too fail to see how his failure would affect the warranty posted by ZX-infinity (Dallas) on December 16, 2010 at 04:38 PM
Message	If the compressor shaft is being over loaded from a belt that is too tight, this will cause it to wear harder against one side of the seal. Over time, the seal will begin to fail and leak. Not knowing the depth of your mechical inclination, I tried to keep this explanation basic. I hope this covers the bases for you. Dave This car is probably owned by a snowboarder. Sig Quotes: "I JUST saw your polls post" email from BigTDogg on March 24, 2009 in reference to this polls post from Jan 7, 2009. "Your sausage scares me!" - TT-XTZ 6/13/05 "Or he's having a rough week like the rest of us and decided to take out his agressions of not being breast fed on me." BigTDogg 15:45, 09/25/03 "Pick her up from day care and take her to Dairy Queen for a snow cone." YugoBernie 1/7/04 of course those are canadian bannings and beatings, which after the conversion rate is really only a "hey! stop that!" Chris(NJ) 1/14/04 see the green "n" next to my name? what's COZ? (n/m) - 300zx88 8/11/04
Follow Ups	Need advice on dealings with a mechanic (AC issue) - ZX-infinity (Dallas) 15:12:12 12/16/10 He's making extra money on the compressor from the dealer - BigTDogg (MA) 15:17:06 12/16/10 Re: Is $150 worth the 6 months worth of labor warranty? - dogpile 15:24:33 12/16/10 sounds to me like a problem with the labor - aliaZ 15:58:38 12/16/10 Oops. I meant to incl you when I suggested Guapo in my reply (n/m) - Dave N 16:02:34 12/16/10 no worries (n/m) - aliaZ 20:52:36 12/16/10 shurg ... I send my AC work to aliaZ anyway :) (n/m) - Guapo 11:48:21 12/17/10 Find a different mechanic. - Dave N 16:00:17 12/16/10 I too fail to see how his failure would affect the warranty - ZX-infinity (Dallas) 16:38:40 12/16/10 Here's an illustration I made using a generic pic: - Dave N 16:52:12 12/16/10 Perfect explanation, the cross section helped tremendously (n/m) - ZX-infinity (Dallas) 16:58:05 12/16/10 The belt tension on a AC compressor should not effect - Spddracer 17:04:12 12/16/10 Agreed about the oil - good to bring that up. - Dave N 17:10:43 12/16/10 I say have him do it again. If you go to a new mechanic, - zellamay 17:17:23 12/16/10 He is willing to put on the new part or even a different - ZX-infinity (Dallas) 22:26:14 12/16/10 Courtesy has a good reputation in the Z community. - zellamay 23:38:09 12/16/10 Yes, the reman supplier will refund money for the bad parts (n/m) - ZX-infinity (Dallas) 07:31:59 12/17/10 Thats bs, I think you need to find a new mech. as stated. - JonnyZ(SoCal) 18:39:06 12/16/10 Each part is/has been warrantied for 1 year, but labor isn't - ZX-infinity (Dallas) 22:30:18 12/16/10 went through a similar issue with my clutch - FuerGrissa 19:26:01 12/16/10 They should have adjusted it for you. (n/m) - JonnyZ(SoCal) 19:35:11 12/16/10
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