This thread is about a Mercedes A140 W168 elegance (1999/2000)
Hi there!
I'm new to this forum, so if this thread isn't posted at the right subfora, please remove if necessary. Besides that, English is not my native language, so please forgive and correct me if I used the wrong (technical) terms for some car parts.
Recently, my GF her car car made a "screaming" noise coming from somewhere near the engine. After a check-up at her garage, they found out a bad the v-belt was causing the noise. They charged her a few hundred euro's to fix it, so we decided to do it ourselves.
Since they only told her about the v-belt (turning up the AC, Dynamo, water pump and power steering) needed to be changed, it was the only part I ordered at that time. Later, when we picked up her car, it turned out that some pullies needed to be changed too.
We decided just to replace the v-belt (which would be a very tough job according to the garage, took us just 45-60m due the lack of space) and to replace the pullies a week later. Unfortunately, the tension pully broke down anyway, so it will need a new v-belt too.
Now, changing the pullies will indeed be a "tough"/tougher job from what I've seen. Due to the very limited space to work, the dynamo and AC have to come loose and from what I've read the AC need to be refilled afterwards. Refilling the AC is a job I can't to for sure.
My questions:
- Is it possible to remove JUST the dynamo and leave the AC in place? If not; why?
- Does the AC indeed need to be refilled if you remove it to make space? If so; why?
- Is is possible to only remove the pullies? Or is it necessary to change the whole set at once? So like the tensioner itself as well as the pollies attached to the body. If so; why?
- I am ordering the parts here: winparts.nl (Did not make it a link due policy), is there a particular brand I need to avoid? Or is it all just fine?
The reason I want to know "why" at every point is because it is a learning proces for me too which makes it important to me to understand why things work a certain way. Please help me learn
I think that's it for now, if more information is needed, please let me know and I'll provide.
With kind regards,
MBAK
Hi there!
I'm new to this forum, so if this thread isn't posted at the right subfora, please remove if necessary. Besides that, English is not my native language, so please forgive and correct me if I used the wrong (technical) terms for some car parts.
Recently, my GF her car car made a "screaming" noise coming from somewhere near the engine. After a check-up at her garage, they found out a bad the v-belt was causing the noise. They charged her a few hundred euro's to fix it, so we decided to do it ourselves.
Since they only told her about the v-belt (turning up the AC, Dynamo, water pump and power steering) needed to be changed, it was the only part I ordered at that time. Later, when we picked up her car, it turned out that some pullies needed to be changed too.
We decided just to replace the v-belt (which would be a very tough job according to the garage, took us just 45-60m due the lack of space) and to replace the pullies a week later. Unfortunately, the tension pully broke down anyway, so it will need a new v-belt too.
Now, changing the pullies will indeed be a "tough"/tougher job from what I've seen. Due to the very limited space to work, the dynamo and AC have to come loose and from what I've read the AC need to be refilled afterwards. Refilling the AC is a job I can't to for sure.
My questions:
- Is it possible to remove JUST the dynamo and leave the AC in place? If not; why?
- Does the AC indeed need to be refilled if you remove it to make space? If so; why?
- Is is possible to only remove the pullies? Or is it necessary to change the whole set at once? So like the tensioner itself as well as the pollies attached to the body. If so; why?
- I am ordering the parts here: winparts.nl (Did not make it a link due policy), is there a particular brand I need to avoid? Or is it all just fine?
The reason I want to know "why" at every point is because it is a learning proces for me too which makes it important to me to understand why things work a certain way. Please help me learn
I think that's it for now, if more information is needed, please let me know and I'll provide.
With kind regards,
MBAK