2008-2012 Honda Accord AC Compressor replacement 

Your welcome

I was going to say this but I'm not sure why the manual says to remove all of this fan assy and shroud. I will try removing just the alternator and see if there is enough clearance, looks like there is but I have not tried. I will be doing this next week.

@@scientist100how did it go?

​@@imnotofficial1660been lazy lol but for the 2008 Honda Accord, the fan against the radiator comes off individually and you have plenty of space. Pretty easy if you ask me. I will remove the compressor today. Last time I just touched the bolts around it to see if they were seized as they tend to do that because they are long and tend to rust in the middle which causes the small bolt to be really hard to remove but you just play it back and forth until you get it out. These bolts could break so just play it first.

@@scientist100so how did it go? Or you got lazy once again? 🤣🤣

@@SuperCubbyboy went out great, no need to remove the alternator. In my case I had a bolt at the bottom the one towards the pulley where the frame would not let me fit a socket so I could not get a good grip, tried with a wrench but with it not being six points, I did not risk going full at it so I needed to fit a six point socket, it was seized because I live in the rust belt (Indiana). A span wrench fits fine but only try if you can feel that it will be fine, for rust belt like us, dont go full on it unless you have a six point spanner. Had to undo the upper engine mount (one pass through bolt to raise it just enough to get to that bolt. Once I was able to fit a socket with a ratchet, I was able to get it loose. After that everything else is super spacious to work on. Will need short ratchets to fit them around to remove the lines around the compressor.

The AC compressor came with the right amount oil so I didn't add any additional oil to the system

More often than not, you just need to replace the clutch. But it takes awhile and can be very frustrating to do.

Just add 134a, your probably low

I use a 12 mm to pull the four bolts for the AC compressor and a 10mm to pull the compressor lines

@@fixitmechanic4674 how was new compressor and where did you get it?

AutoZone. Compressor was good

Same concept but I got to remove the alternator because v6 engine has less to space to work with compare to a 4 cylinder that has more room to work.

@@fixitmechanic4674 yeah I see that the compressor is under the alternator on my v6. I have an i4 and a v6 and of course the compressor is out on the v6 so I’ve been driving the slug i4 around I wanna fix the v6 so i can put more miles on jt

@@Cultureshockcrew downshift for lots of fun under 65 on the i4 and moderate fun until 100

400 to 500 at AutoZone

150 to 250 Amazon

Rockauto has OEM Denso for $281 plus tax and shipping