I'm an idiot lol and I should diagnose before jumping to conclusions.

[wherethefmi]

Ok I believe that directly below the alternator is the ac compressor. It seems to be siezed. Also though I'm pretty sure that my power steering pump or the cooler are leaking. I parked it last night and now I have a small puddle directly under the subframe on the driver side, close to the rear bushing? Any advice would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

 

[hawkeye18]

Did you try to turn the AC on and got warm air? Odds are that your compressor is fine, it's the clutch that's worn out. They are wear items, and the gap on them will open up eventually. They have shims on them that you must remove to lessen the gap. Search "shim removal" or "shimectomy" (the unofficial term). If you keep getting valve shim posts, throw "AC" in there.

As for the puddle, if you did try to turn the AC on, then that's your answer right there (as long as you have an automatic). The dryer sheds water at a rapid pace, and on the auto it's right on the firewall... on the passenger side.

Stick your finger in it. If it's not water, then it is more than likely power steering fluid. Finding the leak can be a long, tedious, painful process.

 

[wherethefmi]

it's most certainly not water, it's ATF from somewhere in the power steering I just gotta get some free time to get it over to the lift. So the clutch on the AC goes bad would the belt not turn the pulley in that case?

 

[wherethefmi]

Ok so say I Dont fix the PS leak other than heavy a** steering, what will happen? Will I hurt the rack, are there other accessories attached to that belt that I have to worry about hurting?

 

[itwonder]

Puddle on drivers side is likely a leaking high pressure PS hose. Worst case, it could be a leaking rack.

 

[wherethefmi]

yeah I'm going to check it out when it's not raining (rainy season just started). I guess I need someone to help with this one, turn my wheel for me while engine is running and I'm under there. Also I checked the AC compressor out after researching and the connecter is plugged in, I'm going to try and unplug it and plug it back in see if that helps.

 

[wherethefmi]

So there is a loud ticking noise coming from the back of the engine bay, is it what I think it is? What I think is it is the valves. Well going to meet up with a local guy tomorrow and see he's got a lot of 92-95 SHOs he's parting out, maybe I'll do an engine swap while I'n at it lol. By the way is 100 bucks an alright deal on a full seat set, both fronts, and back, and the same ammount for some slicers? I might do the center console swap while I've got everything out too. Will the gen 2 seats swap right in to the 90?

 

[wherethefmi]

Ok the loud ticking has been diagnosed as the clutch, well this engine is coming out anyway for one that looks and runs much better. Well when this one blows up anyway.

Though i'm half tempted to fix up the parts car, needs glass some body work and what not, I'll post pics later.