this does not apply to new compressorworks compressors.

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

And that jives with the Email I got back from Compressorworks.

Vstech, I did spill a good bit of oil out when installing the compressor, could I charge in a couple ounces or Ester oil to see if the clanking will stop? I did see another user had a noisy compressor and adding oil cured it but I know its coming from within and the way I see it, it can't hurt.

I just got back from the shop after injecting 4oz of mineral oil into my A/C system and the clanking has ceased... for now. I know it's too early to tell what kind of damage I caused to the compressor while running it with only about 1 ounce of oil in there and all that clankity clankin going on in there but we'll see. I did about 50 miles with it like that over the course of 2 days. I noticed too that the belt was "bouncing" but not really slipping, so I tightened that up too.

For now, my opinion on the quality of CompressorWorks Compressors is that they hold up well but that comes from a "I treated it like *****, running it on low oil while it growled and bucked yet gave me cold air, and hey, I probably just got a dud, but it really is low on oil but I'm gonna run it anyway since I just spent so much time and money on this project, yet I add oil to it and it quiets down and still pumps my R12 to make all the cool air I need" standpoint.

Willson
85 300CD