360 A/C Compressor Woes - Alternate Source?

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Waiting for answers from the experts on this. But, A/C compressors are sorta generic. What ever fits should work. Since you do not work on your car, and must rely on repair shops, you are stuck.

 

is a bit too generic. I suspect that not so good.

 

There are several places that rebuild them and generally they are fine. I am familiar with Compressor International here in CA and Polar Bear. Both do good work but I am sure there are others that do good work too. If you used one of the better known shops to do the rebuild I wouldn't get to worried. Just get it replaced, test for leaks before completely buttoning things up, and off you go. NOTE: tensioning the belts wrong can rapidly accelerate the compressor failure.

 

Good idea. Since it is a warranty they may well do that. Worst case you post the core charge and they refund it when you return your faulty unit.

 

Most times the only point of leakage is at the front shaft seal. Not really a tough job once the compressor is out of the car and you remove the clutch. Shouldn't be too tough to do yourself. If you inspect the seal you most times can collect a brand and part number off of it. It's probably one that is used on a lot of applications. I once found a seal for my Swedish made Pullmax machine. It was marked National with a number. Even though it was a metric size, with the number and manufacturer it was easily sourced.

Good luck, not the time of year to be without A/C

 

Here is another one mentioned here on Fchat http://www.compressor-intl.com/index.html

 

Be sure to change the filter too.

 

Most good techs can now rebuild the compressors. The kits are available.

 

I ordered one from here. I'm waiting until the next belt service to have it installed, so I can't comment on the quality.

https://www.coolairparts.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=4229

 

It's installed now and working. I didn't see any markings on it to identify the manufacturer or country of origin. My mechanic said that a couple of holes had to be tapped, I don't know which ones.

 

It didn't blow but it did seize. It worked fine for a few weeks until one day I ran the car to redline through the first four gears. The engine bay filled with blue smoke. The belt was burned / broken and the compressor frozen. The original is off being rebuilt now.

 

I'm curious if the folks that left their AC on while driving the car hard had more problems with their AC's than people who left their AC off. Personally, if I'm going to run the car past 5k RPM's (which is always), I leave the AC off. Just seems that running this conventional hardware bit to 5k+ RPM's is asking to destroy it. Consider the same part (or at least the same technology) is used on regular cars and lasts for decades.

 

It was rebuilt by Polar Bear in Ft Lauderdale. It's working fine so far.

 

FLY360, the 360 I just bought blows hot air. Do you have any advice on how I should start troubleshooting? See if it holds coolant?

 

Mine has had many leaks in the 11 years I've owned it so that's where I'd start. My compressor had a slow leak for years that required adding refrigerant every 6 months or so. I've also had a few o-rings fail. Other than the failure of the aftermarket compressor all my problems have been leaks.

 

So can anyone post the actual Delphi part number for the ferrari 360 ac compressor !!