If there is not a short in the coil then my bet is is that the clutch gap is too big due to wear. Happened on my 02 Civic and a friend's 08 CRV. Removing the clutch pulley and removing a shim solved the problem. I think the max gap allowed is 0.02 inch.
@@miket1322 clutch gap on this was OK. Even gave it a few taps and hits the push to clutch facing to the pulley well calling for cooling. Completely open circuit . No ground through the coil .
I have seen compressors (delphi and valeo) which have the replaceable diode in the coil melt due to pulley bearings going bad. Usually shaft seal will be gone as well by that point.
What if the AC Compressor doesn't cycle? The magnetic clutch engages and disengages when I turn on and off the ac, but once turned on, It's just always on.
@@naturoidz2714 sounds like you’re in very hot weather Or you have a model that has variable displacement compressor . And a clutch will not cage unless you’re in cold weather trying to use the AC.
We have the same model of Honda. 2 years ago I spent hours on the ground swapping the ac clutch. Just awful doing it yourself without a hoist etc. Worked perfectly after that but still traumatized by all the crawling on the ground
I think you meant a lift, not hoist. How many times do I wish I could afford to have a lift installed in my garage. Wish I could afford the house first.
@@coldfinger459sub0 I don’t want a hoist. I want a lift. Big difference. The two times I needed a hoist I borrowed one my next door neighbors happened to be using and the second time I rented it. When Scotty Kilmer says he’s a cheapskate I believe him. He’s worth at a minimum one million dollars with a possible six million net worth and won’t have one installed in his home.
@@yactabay million dollars 💸 where I live in San Francisco California $1 million is where the poor people live in, not so nice neighborhoods dilapidated houses that need to be completely remodeled. Electrical from the 1930s 20s or 40s.. usually high rat infestation and cockroaches Million dollars is nothing . $1.5 million only get you an old home that somebody threw paint on and did a pretend patch job light renovation to get it ready for sale . I moved out of the city because it’s too poor too dirty too many car break-ins too many homeless witness too many crimes live there my whole life Move 17 minutes north across the Golden Gate where the average house prices $3.3 million in nicer neighborhoods with no homeless no crime . Million dollars is poverty here in SF
@@coldfinger459sub0 I should have payed more attention! Had the coil short out on my 08 Honda Fit and this took out the fuse. Condenser fan stopped running (same circuit) so that was another clue that the coil had shorted.
@@miket1322 Shorted coil blow the power fuse Open Coil diffuse will be OK Clutch gap to wide If you push on or hit the face of the clutch, it will snap in and start working
I have the next gen CRV (2013) and the clutch is starting to make noise at idle. Can easily replicate it by simply engaging the A/C off and on. Apparently, the scroll compressors on these things were worse on the 2007 CRV in the video, does the same hold true to my generation? Worth swapping the coil or the entire compressor given the mileage (118k)? I noticed the aftermarket sells a piston type compressor.
@@fastsvo some of those early models I can’t remember if that’s included in yours or they had to compressors blow out a big hole and decided a case excessive oil and refrigerant would try to compress under certain conditions I’ve installed couple of the piston replacements aftermarket compressors, and they worked better colder at idle . If you do go that compressor replacement route make sure you probably perform the oil balance procedure as per manufacturer instructions Otherwise, you may have poor AC performance due to excessive oil in the system and or short compressor I very rarely see these vehicles anymore. They’re mostly gone, but from what I can remember their idol performance in hot weather sucked.
@@coldfinger459sub0 yes, I can confirm that it’s not the best at idle and gets much better as you get on the highway. We had a 2004 TSX, similar to the CRV in the video and that car did blow its compressor and sent shrapnel throughout the system.
I had that same 2007 and around here I still see plenty of the 07-11 model. Easy years to remember with 7-11 stores. Once fell asleep in a parking lot with A/C on. Woke up two hours later with A/C still cooling nice in Houston summer heat but in shade. Eventually it got worse at idle with age but never fully died. Just required recharge every 3 years or so. Sold with around 240K? A/C still working even with bad compressor reputation.
If there is not a short in the coil then my bet is is that the clutch gap is too big due to wear. Happened on my 02 Civic and a friend's 08 CRV. Removing the clutch pulley and removing a shim solved the problem. I think the max gap allowed is 0.02 inch.
@@miket1322 clutch gap on this was OK. Even gave it a few taps and hits the push to clutch facing to the pulley well calling for cooling.
Completely open circuit .
No ground through the coil .
I have seen compressors (delphi and valeo) which have the replaceable diode in the coil melt due to pulley bearings going bad. Usually shaft seal will be gone as well by that point.
@@Jeff-gb5rt yes 👍
What if the AC Compressor doesn't cycle? The magnetic clutch engages and disengages when I turn on and off the ac, but once turned on, It's just always on.
@@naturoidz2714 sounds like you’re in very hot weather
Or you have a model that has variable displacement compressor . And a clutch will not cage unless you’re in cold weather trying to use the AC.
@@coldfinger459sub0 Thanks for the reply sir.
We have the same model of Honda. 2 years ago I spent hours on the ground swapping the ac clutch. Just awful doing it yourself without a hoist etc. Worked perfectly after that but still traumatized by all the crawling on the ground
@@rmariu I would be to
I think you meant a lift, not hoist. How many times do I wish I could afford to have a lift installed in my garage. Wish I could afford the house first.
@@yactabay oyster gotten extremely cheap now.
For the price of an electric bicycle, you can have a hoist
@@coldfinger459sub0 I don’t want a hoist. I want a lift. Big difference. The two times I needed a hoist I borrowed one my next door neighbors happened to be using and the second time I rented it. When Scotty Kilmer says he’s a cheapskate I believe him. He’s worth at a minimum one million dollars with a possible six million net worth and won’t have one installed in his home.
@@yactabay million dollars 💸 where I live in San Francisco California $1 million is where the poor people live in, not so nice neighborhoods dilapidated houses that need to be completely remodeled. Electrical from the 1930s 20s or 40s.. usually high rat infestation and cockroaches
Million dollars is nothing .
$1.5 million only get you an old home that somebody threw paint on and did a pretend patch job light renovation to get it ready for sale .
I moved out of the city because it’s too poor too dirty too many car break-ins too many homeless witness too many crimes live there my whole life
Move 17 minutes north across the Golden Gate where the average house prices $3.3 million in nicer neighborhoods with no homeless no crime .
Million dollars is poverty here in SF
Removed the clutch plate to remove the shim, not the pulley. Easy job since the pulley and belt can stay on.
@@miket1322 it’s not the pullt on this one . A simple push on the clutch face would manually reengage if it was a gap problem..
@@coldfinger459sub0 I should have payed more attention! Had the coil short out on my 08 Honda Fit and this took out the fuse. Condenser fan stopped running (same circuit) so that was another clue that the coil had shorted.
@@miket1322 Shorted coil blow the power fuse
Open Coil diffuse will be OK
Clutch gap to wide
If you push on or hit the face of the clutch, it will snap in and start working
I have the next gen CRV (2013) and the clutch is starting to make noise at idle. Can easily replicate it by simply engaging the A/C off and on. Apparently, the scroll compressors on these things were worse on the 2007 CRV in the video, does the same hold true to my generation? Worth swapping the coil or the entire compressor given the mileage (118k)? I noticed the aftermarket sells a piston type compressor.
@@fastsvo some of those early models I can’t remember if that’s included in yours or they had to compressors blow out a big hole and decided a case excessive oil and refrigerant would try to compress under certain conditions
I’ve installed couple of the piston replacements aftermarket compressors, and they worked better colder at idle .
If you do go that compressor replacement route make sure you probably perform the oil balance procedure as per manufacturer instructions
Otherwise, you may have poor AC performance due to excessive oil in the system and or short compressor
I very rarely see these vehicles anymore. They’re mostly gone, but from what I can remember their idol performance in hot weather sucked.
@@coldfinger459sub0 yes, I can confirm that it’s not the best at idle and gets much better as you get on the highway.
We had a 2004 TSX, similar to the CRV in the video and that car did blow its compressor and sent shrapnel throughout the system.
I had that same 2007 and around here I still see plenty of the 07-11 model. Easy years to remember with 7-11 stores. Once fell asleep in a parking lot with A/C on. Woke up two hours later with A/C still cooling nice in Houston summer heat but in shade. Eventually it got worse at idle with age but never fully died. Just required recharge every 3 years or so. Sold with around 240K? A/C still working even with bad compressor reputation.
Most honda compressors have a thermal switch
@@pinpointauto3091 years ago, old compressors on Old Cars not anymore. On those. SANDEN.
Now they’ve all gone to the variable displacement compressors