I'm having a problem with my A/C. I've not used it in years, and it probably lost refrigerant when I hit a deer some time back. However, it apparently runs automatically sometimes, when the heater is in defrost mode, and as a result the compressor seems to have frozen. At least when I used the heat last weekend, I smelled burning rubber, apparently from the belt (which also drives the water pump) turning on the frozen pulley.
I would like to disable the compressor clutch to prevent the belt from breaking from this. From the manual, it seems as though the easiest way to do this would be to pull the relay in the under-hood fuse box. However, there are three apparently identical relays in there, none of which have meaningful labels (just some artwork on the box lid), nor can I find a diagram in the shop or owner's manuals. So
1) Does anyone know which is the compressor clutch relay?
2) Is there a better way to disable the A/C and prevent this problem?
I would like to disable the compressor clutch to prevent the belt from breaking from this. From the manual, it seems as though the easiest way to do this would be to pull the relay in the under-hood fuse box. However, there are three apparently identical relays in there, none of which have meaningful labels (just some artwork on the box lid), nor can I find a diagram in the shop or owner's manuals. So
1) Does anyone know which is the compressor clutch relay?
2) Is there a better way to disable the A/C and prevent this problem?