I was full throttle merging onto freeway when all of sudden this loud whistling sound started to occur. It lasted for about 30 seconds and then went away. I was thinking great... I wonder what that was since that can manifest itself as a lot of things. Well on drive home I turned AC on and noticed no cold air. I must have blew some seal in the system I guess.

Looks like my Elite warranty will probably pay for itself after this one. I am taking in for a small leak on my transfer case but also for the AWD TSB for vibrations in turns. I think they replace the electric coupling in transfer case that is like $1K. I wonder with leak if they won't just replace the entire transfer case?

I still love her though!!

 

nah it aint that. i remember reading the manual that those white rings are supposed to get loose after you connect the ac tubings. theres more of those as well. behind the engine theres 2 more. Does the compressor plate face engage when you turn it on?

 

Do you happen to have a stillen gen 3 intake? I just had my ac go out a couple weeks ago and it was due to the intake pipe rubbing a hole in the metal ac line going to the condenser/radiator. I had to buy a new radiator...

 

Before you do have you messed around in the steering column area recently? I did and managed to disconnect the sensor and hose. Mine stopped working too and I was pissed off. Check that before you drop money on a diagnoses....

 

GL let us know

 

^^ lol . . . I think you might be on to something there.

 

what part is this? Just curious. Is that the AC compressor clutch plate?

 

came apart..... lol

 

mine came apart too. I found a used clutch on ebay, installed it, found a screw I had left over from my cbr, and bam! back to working again.
but you have warranty. let them have at it!

 

And that little repair paid for your extended warranty all by itself.