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A/C Compressor

Circulates and pressurises refrigerant, and is the largest single accessory load on the engine — which is why the engine module raises idle before engaging it and why a dragging compressor shows up as an idle complaint. Lubricated by oil carried in the refrigerant itself, so running one on a system that has lost its charge destroys it. That is the reason the module refuses to engage a compressor whose pressure it cannot verify.

Also known as: air con compressor, aircon pump, ac pump, compressor clutch, climate compressor

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