My '97 Sunfire's AC has been out for quite awhile. I'm not one to complain about heat and the price of a new one helped me deal with it
However the car has recently developed a high pitched griding noise that I have located to the AC compressor. It sounds like a bearing is going out and I wouldn't want it to seize up and break my serpentine belt.
I have 3 options:
1) Buy a new serpentine belt for a sunfire w/o AC to bypass the compressor altogether. Would this have any adverse effects?
2) Replace the bearing inside the compressor
3) Replace the compressor altogether to get rid of the noise and have AC
I found a company selling rebuilt AC compressors + clutch on ebay for $119 for the Sunfire.