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I am experiencing a problem w/ my civic. Whenever I push the A/C
Button to start the air conditioning compressor 4 things happen. 1. a
clicking/grinding sound (which gets louder/faster w/ acceleration) 2.
sparatic engine power loss 3. during sparactic power loss, the cold
air varies from pretty cold to same temp as fan/blower would produce &
4. there will be a sqeaking sound when shifting (5-speed manual)
transmission.

If I turn of the compressor, the but leave the fan/blower on,
everything is fine and the car has its maximum power and all is well
(minus not having a/c).

Any ideas, I talked to a few people and some lean towards the drive
belt(s) and others the compressor. Anyone experience a similar
situation.

In article <448fd68e.0307151855.71402c9f@posting.google.com >,
neillloyd@ou.edu (Neil) wrote:

> 2.
> sparatic engine power loss

sporadic

There may be a few things wrong here but the squeaking sound when
shifting is the belt for the A/C compressor which needs to be
tightened.
The clicking/grinding noise does that occur when only shifting as well
or does this occur all of the time?

Nick


On 15 Jul 2003 19:55:14 -0700, neillloyd@ou.edu (Neil) wrote:

>I am experiencing a problem w/ my civic. Whenever I push the A/C
>Button to start the air conditioning compressor 4 things happen. 1. a
>clicking/grinding sound (which gets louder/faster w/ acceleration) 2.
>sparatic engine power loss 3. during sparactic power loss, the cold
>air varies from pretty cold to same temp as fan/blower would produce &
>4. there will be a sqeaking sound when shifting (5-speed manual)
>transmission.
>
>If I turn of the compressor, the but leave the fan/blower on,
>everything is fine and the car has its maximum power and all is well
>(minus not having a/c).
>
>Any ideas, I talked to a few people and some lean towards the drive
>belt(s) and others the compressor. Anyone experience a similar
>situation.


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In article <448fd68e.0307151855.71402c9f@posting.google.com >,
neillloyd@ou.edu (Neil) wrote:

>I am experiencing a problem w/ my civic. Whenever I push the A/C
>Button to start the air conditioning compressor 4 things happen. 1. a
>clicking/grinding sound (which gets louder/faster w/ acceleration) 2.
>sparatic engine power loss 3. during sparactic power loss, the cold
>air varies from pretty cold to same temp as fan/blower would produce &
>4. there will be a sqeaking sound when shifting (5-speed manual)
>transmission.
>
>If I turn of the compressor, the but leave the fan/blower on,
>everything is fine and the car has its maximum power and all is well
>(minus not having a/c).
>
>Any ideas, I talked to a few people and some lean towards the drive
>belt(s) and others the compressor. Anyone experience a similar
>situation.

It sounds like the compressor needs to be looked at. A loose belt can
cause squeaking and it can cause the AC to cycle on and off but it
doesn't cause grinding.