I turned on my AC for the very first time the other day. After about 5 minutes I smell something burnt from the engine bay. I thought it was coming from other cars on the road because my AC were still blowing cold air. After getting off the car when I got home I still smell the burnt. So opened the hood and found some splash black "ink" like liquid around the AC compressor cluth area. The next day when I started the Jeep in the morning I heard some grinding noise coming from the engine bay without turning on the AC. The noise seem to disappear and come back randomly for the past few days. It is a low pitch grinding noise and I don't hear the belt slipping. If I turn on the AC it would blow cold air. I took it to the Jeep dealer and they said the compressor is shot. Do you think I have a bad AC compressor? Or do you think I have a bad AC bearing or maybe a bad AC clutch?
Thanks!
Thanks!