A/C Questions
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'05 A4 1.8TQM6
A/C Questions
hey all,
weather these past few days have been warm and muggy here in MA....A/C has to be turned on to get rid of the stickyness
just wondering if any of you fellow w202er's have vibrations when sitting at a stop light or just idling when you have the A/C on? mine feels like i'm getting a massage :p when the A/C is off, very little vibrations.
also, it seems when the A/C is on, the shifting gets a little jerky when going from 1st to 2nd...but when the A/C is off, it's fine.
thanks!
weather these past few days have been warm and muggy here in MA....A/C has to be turned on to get rid of the stickyness
just wondering if any of you fellow w202er's have vibrations when sitting at a stop light or just idling when you have the A/C on? mine feels like i'm getting a massage :p when the A/C is off, very little vibrations.
also, it seems when the A/C is on, the shifting gets a little jerky when going from 1st to 2nd...but when the A/C is off, it's fine.
thanks!
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hmm i dunno, my tranny shifts very hard between 1-2 and 2-3
i know turning on the A/C puts more strain on the pulleys and serpentine belt (b/c youre asking for more power from the alternator and the entire system needs to compensate etc... i think). maybe the increased load on the pulleys is causing the vibrations?
i know turning on the A/C puts more strain on the pulleys and serpentine belt (b/c youre asking for more power from the alternator and the entire system needs to compensate etc... i think). maybe the increased load on the pulleys is causing the vibrations?
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yeah, it is a small engine to begin with and the age of it doesn't help :p I guess it's just the strain on it from the compressor kicking in and running. I'm hoping when I do the motor mounts and tranny mounts, the vibrations will be a little less because right now the engine is just sitting on teh chassis as the motor mounts are pretty much worn out.
do you get vibrations?
do you get vibrations?
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Originally posted by fast mayte
na, mine is smooth with the a/c on. engine mounts?
na, mine is smooth with the a/c on. engine mounts?
my SA said that when i replace the motor mounts, it'll be smooth again, no more vibrations.
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2016 BMW Z4 sDrive35i M Sport
I always thought that was a normal thing for four cylinder cars because of the strain on a smaller engine. Mine vibrates a little with the A/C on and my engine (hell the car in general) is in excellent condition. My friend's 2001 Honda Accord vibrates like a massager with 50K on it. His car is in pristine mechanical condition.
