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Bypass or remove AC pump to increase mpg, anyone done it?
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 12:50 am
by Yooper
On my last car a 2001 Taurus the AC pump froze up and I went the cheap route and installed a bypass pulley. The guy at Advanced Auto said this would increase my mpg, by making it easier on the engine since the pump is activated even when the heat is turned on. Is this true, or would simply disconnecting the electrical plugs to the pump do the same thing.Where I live AC isn't really needed, sad but true.
Re: Bypass or remove AC pump to increase mpg, anyone done it? (Yooper)
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 1:16 am
by keithvibe
just hit the ac button on the dashboard to turn off the ac when your in defrost mode or you can pull the dash panel around the radio bezel and pull the wire so it don't turn on automaticaly
Re: Bypass or remove AC pump to increase mpg, anyone done it? (Yooper)
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:47 am
by djb383
The advanced auto dude is a dumb a$$........when the compressor is off, there's NO LOAD on the engine. Leave it like it is and just turn it off.
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:05 am
by psiu
Any snow yet? <---I have the say yah to da UP bumper sticker on my vibe down here-lived on the other side for several years.
Re: (psiu)
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:32 am
by Yooper
No snow yet, but there has been frost already. Oh and lots and lots of rain.