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A/C compressor (?) sqeak

Old 05-22-2014, 02:04 PM
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I have a 2000 xj that makes a squeaking noise at idle. It continues at higher rpms but I can't hear it when moving due to road noise. It is a fairly quiet and dull squeak and the only way I can describe it is it sounds like "wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle" if that makes any sense at all. I THINK it's coming from the ac compressor but I'm not positive. I don't know if it's the belt, pulley, clutch, or compressor itself. Is it possible that it needs oil? Any help would be great. I'm going on a road trip in about 2 weeks and I don't want the pulley to fly off or anything. Thanks in advance
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Have you listened for it with your head in the engine compartment or just from the drivers seat. Check the oil dipstick, check the belt tension, get a tube of somekind, Paper towel tube or hose, listen to the motor through that, help pin point where the squeek is coming from. Get a squirt bottle with water in it. Squirt pulleys and belt till the noise goes away, that will be the item causing the squeek.
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Turns out the a/c clutch is going bad
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