I went to have nine installed and the shop told me the A/C compressor has to come off on my 02 4.4. They said they managed to get a wrench on it but it was stuck on. They said a two day job.
I'm going to wait until I change the water pump in the spring and I will have them take everything off the front of the engine and do it then. I don't want to work on the cars anymore or I would do it.
Funny story, I went to open the box at the shop...on the box it said handle with care. These are put together a certain way that the plunger stays in. Well I dropped it and the plunger dropped out and it went in pieces. The picture is after I dropped it and you notice it's longer than the box and wont fit back in. They returned that and I have a new one ready to go. I use an independent shop and he used to work for BMW. He buys aftermarket German parts that BMW uses.
Please post if you were able to do it without taking the A/C compressor off.
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2002 X5 4.4i Sport Wheels
2014 X5 35i M Appearance & suspension package
1995 Porsche 993
1972 Porsche 914-6
2020 GLE 450 Twin Turbo
2019 Alfa Stelvio 500hp Quadrifogilo
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