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Old 08-22-2014, 10:33 PM
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So I recently am having this smell coming from my engine. I thought it might be my AC compressor but I'm not sure. It smells like electrical tape burning or plastic. Any ideas?
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Old 08-22-2014, 11:40 PM
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See if your calipers are stuck. That would create a lot of heat and melt the splash guards (and ruin your brakes / rotors after a while among other things).
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calipers getting stuck were common issue i believe for these trucks
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Yup. Both my front ones locked up.
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I don't think it's that. What could burn in an ac compressor?
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So I think that burning smell was my air conditioner compressor because I just replaced it and I do not smell anything anymore.
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