jettajim
Veteran Member
Hi,
On my wife's '00 Jetta TDI with 174,000miles, I get the 'noise' everyone is talking about when the ac is on. Many people said it's the alt pulley.
Someone said to check the alt pulley, stick a screw driver in the vanes to prevent it from rotating in one direction. I did this and the pulley only rotates in one direction--as it should. Now, does this mean that the 'noise' I hear only when the ac is on and only sometimes, is caused by a bad ac clutch? When I turn off the ac, the noise goes away.
I changed the alternator about 40K miles ago with a reblt Bosch. The ac compressor was changed about 60k miles ago.
Thanks for your help!
On my wife's '00 Jetta TDI with 174,000miles, I get the 'noise' everyone is talking about when the ac is on. Many people said it's the alt pulley.
Someone said to check the alt pulley, stick a screw driver in the vanes to prevent it from rotating in one direction. I did this and the pulley only rotates in one direction--as it should. Now, does this mean that the 'noise' I hear only when the ac is on and only sometimes, is caused by a bad ac clutch? When I turn off the ac, the noise goes away.
I changed the alternator about 40K miles ago with a reblt Bosch. The ac compressor was changed about 60k miles ago.
Thanks for your help!