A/C compressor clutch

[jna]

Last night my Voyager 97 starts giving smoke near the a/c compressor.
When looked in light I found thick black liquid comming out of the pully/Clutch and it is giving sound as some thing is broken inside clutch.
Can I change clutch and pully without loosing the gas? If not how can I depressurise the pressure line? I do not want a/c to run before May 2006 but I need good pully to run vehicle now.

[ssixs]

Originally Posted by jna

Last night my Voyager 97 starts giving smoke near the a/c compressor.
When looked in light I found thick black liquid comming out of the pully/Clutch and it is giving sound as some thing is broken inside clutch.
Can I change clutch and pully without loosing the gas? If not how can I depressurise the pressure line? I do not want a/c to run before May 2006 but I need good pully to run vehicle now.

Same problem just happened to may 97 Caravan. Clutch basically burned-up. I pulled the "melted clutch goo" off and ran it for a day or two (no AC of course) but I guess when the clutch was going the heat was so extreem that it burned off all the greese in the clutch pulley bearing causing the pulley bearing to fail. I priced a new clutch at advance auto for 99.00 and plan to install it this weekend. By the way, check your belt. If it got hot enough to melt down your clutch, your belt is most likely weakened also. I'll let you know how the clutch replacement goes.