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[kentomega]

  Smoke has been pouring out of a pulley on the lower right front of my 94 V6 elite 3.0. A local garage says it's coming from the A/C pump, the clutch has probably seized. Apparently a new pump will be hundreds of pounds, but they can bypass the pump by fitting a shorter belt. Anyone know if this is true, and where I can get the right length belt?

[albitz]

I have a working pump that you can have for much,much less than that. 
Belt available from Vauxhall dealers - and possibly other places too.
You could possibly bypass the pump by using a shorter belt, but of course you will never have aircon again.
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[kentomega]

Hi, thanks for the reply, I am in South London. Aircon would be good, especially as i only had it regassed three weeks ago!
But if it costs a couple of hundred labour to have another pump fitted, i think i will have to go without!

[albitz]

Wouldnt have thought it should cost that much, but Im sure others will know better than Im not sure if you lose the gas when you remove the pump. I suspect you will to be honest.

[kentomega]

Hadn't thought of that! hat's another 50 quid then! ! have sent you a PM ...

[albitz]

And replied.

[henryd]

If the system still has gas in it find a friendly aircon specialist to vac the system and then fit new/second hand pump,return to said specialist and have the gas put back in possibly at a discounted rate as you won't have used much of his gas supply

[amba]

I had a local  A/C guy..(Istead Rise )..replace a compressor for me several years ago.

If I remember correctly it took about 1 hour to remove the old one and then replace,after he replaced the gas and did a total leak check.Its a bit of a pig of a job as access is limited and the top bolt requires wil need an extra set of hands to guide the extension bar down through engine bay but a specialits will have no real problems.

Drop me a PM if you want there details as I highly recommend them as have looked after my A/C needs for around 10 years and they are local to you.

[dbug]

Smoke has been pouring out of a pulley on the lower right front of my 94 V6 elite 3.0. A local garage says it's coming from the A/C pump, the clutch has probably seized. Apparently a new pump will be hundreds of pounds, but they can bypass the pump by fitting a shorter belt. Anyone know if this is true, and where I can get the right length belt?

Yep its true - you need an auxillary belt to suit an Omega 2 litre with A/Con - its the right length for the V6 without A/Con 

[kentomega]

Thanks for all the tips, guys - I have contacted the aircon company at istead rise for a quote on fitting, and now I know which belt to go for, i'll soon have all the details I need to make a choice between bypassing or replacing!