Miata Mailing List: July 1994, Message #126
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   From: "Robert Cohen" 
Subject: Re: A/C sounds
   Date: Thu, 7 Jul 1994 09:08:09 -0400

                      RE>A/C sounds
Greg Bassett writes (7/6/94):
 
>I have the same noise from my A/C.  It seems to be much worse when the 
>car is HOT.  A very loud rattling from engine compartment when the car 
>has run for a good while, then shut off, then started back up.  When the 
>A/C is punched on, a loud rattling (like the ball bearings you mention).
>It eventually quiets down.

Well, if we're collecting data points, my experience seems
to be exactly the same as Greg's (especially with regard to
the sounds being worse when the engine is hot -- first time I
tried that this summer, I thought something disasterous had
occurred).  I've gotten used to it, and I don't hear anything
unusal after about 1-3 seconds or so.  

I certainly _feel_ it when the compressor kicks in while I'm
driving, though -- and I have to make a conscious note to
increase the revs a bit to compensate for the load when starting 
out in first gear, but that's another thread, I guess!

Bob
'92 blue pkg b

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