Rat Stuck in Compressor Pully - could this be stopping my A/C Working?

[Screamingkiw]

Hi,


I recently acquired a D4 SDV6 and A/C was not running well, worked a little but not much, so I got it topped up and it went well for a few days, then nothing. Just blew warm air, no cooling.


Went back to the A/C tech and he said it held gas so it is the compressor not working correctly, so ordered new one and degassed the system.


I started disassembling the front wheel panels to do the replacement and found a rat was stuck in by the compressor. It was dried out and leathery and took a bit of pulling to get it out so I'm wondering if this could affect the running of the compressor. Could the friction disengage the compressor?

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I'm considering taking the car back into the A/C tech and getting him to regas it and see what happens?


Is this just hopeful thinking?


Thanks folks.

[BradC]

Could the friction disengage the compressor?

No.


Is this just hopeful thinking?

Yes.

For the rat to even get close to stopping the compressor it'd have to get between the belt and the pulley, and I'll put a bottle of red on the belt winning that argument and leaving a trail of rat parts behind.
If the rat won, it'd also stop the water pump and fan turning.

[Screamingkiw]

No.



Yes.

For the rat to even get close to stopping the compressor it'd have to get between the belt and the pulley, and I'll put a bottle of red on the belt winning that argument and leaving a trail of rat parts behind.
If the rat won, it'd also stop the water pump and fan turning.

Thought as much, just not looking forward to swapping out the compressor.

[JDNSW]

Rats like wiring - any signs of chewed wires? Not necessarily close to where the rat was.

[discomatt69]

As above I would look very closely for chewed wires, rats and mice love the stuff

[Tins]

Might explain the squeaking.