Author Topic: a/c loud click (Read 1408 times)

monkeydave · « **on:** August 05, 2019, 10:13:26 AM »

anyone else gets a louder than normal click from the a/c compressor for the first time it starts up that day (mostly if the car is left for a couple of days or more) and then goes normal click for the rest of the time

cheers guys

thehazzard · « **Reply #1 on:** August 05, 2019, 03:52:25 PM »

Quote from: monkeydave on August 05, 2019, 10:13:26 AM

anyone else gets a louder than normal click from the a/c compressor for the first time it starts up that day (mostly if the car is left for a couple of days or more) and then goes normal click for the rest of the time

cheers guys

I've noticed a click noise when my AC is on aswell. figured this was normal and never really thought about it. Mine is usually the same loudness, this normal?

monkeydave · « **Reply #2 on:** August 05, 2019, 04:48:24 PM »

yes its normal when cycling to have the click

i sometimes just get a louder than usual click when i turn it on for the first time usually after leaving the car for a couple of days or so

thehazzard · « **Reply #3 on:** August 05, 2019, 04:51:14 PM »

Ahhh good to know! Do you also get like a metal fan noise coming from the blowers when the AC is on? Hard to explain exactly the noise, but it's intermittent also, probably during the ac cylc.e

monkeydave · « **Reply #4 on:** August 05, 2019, 06:44:17 PM »

no i just get normal fan noise nothing out of the ordinary

jazzaro · « **Reply #5 on:** August 06, 2019, 01:01:52 PM »

Normal noise coming from the electromagnetic clutch of the scroll compressor.
This is an old-style solution, cheaper than variable displacement compressor of other european cars as Clio, Polo, Fiesta, more comfortable than the on-off compressor of Jazz and other japanese small cars.