Seatdriver Posted February 13, 2008 Report Posted February 13, 2008 Here we go again, Started my 03 Sharan TDi yesterday and noticed as the A/C cut in there is a faint whirring/rumbling noise (sounds like a dry bearing) which I can hear from in the cabin, but can't outside (being a diesel its rather noisy so maybe its drowning out the sound). Wife then reported "oh yes forgot to tell you smelt a funny smell yesterday like hot plastic!" Anyway this is possibly the compressor on its way out and this may sound a bit ironic as the A/C is working fine, nice and cold but how can I disable the A/C system to stop the compressor cutting in, is there a seperate fused supply or can I simply pull the power connector off the compressor? Or could it be something else. Thanks Quote
?Bleeno? Posted February 13, 2008 Report Posted February 13, 2008 (edited) Not having suffered from this problem with mine I wouldn't know whether the compressor is the cause. Sounds like your wife smelt the start of burning wire insulation so be careful. You can turn off the compressor by selecting ECON on the climate control panel. The other thing that it might be is the run on pump as they tend to get noisy with age. If the noise stops when you select ECON then its a good chance the A/C Compressor wants sorting. Edited February 13, 2008 by ?Bleeno? Quote
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