Taking the belt off will stop the noise if that"s where it's comming from. There won't be any ill effects except that there will be no A/C. A better course of action would be to remove the belt and if the noise does go away all you have to do is replace the bearings in the idler pulleys. This is not too hard a job as after removing the belt you are halfway done! The bearings are not very expensive and it's hard to drive the Delorean without A/C. When you order the bearings from a "D" vender they will also send you an "O" ring to replace behind a cover behind one of the idler pulleys. You can get the bearings localy but just remember to get that "O" ring too. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Adam" <acprice1@xxxx> wrote: > My compressor and/or idler pulleys make lots of noise. I was thinking > of just taking the belt of them to eliminate the noise until I can > fix the stuff. I just want some input on this, any adverse effects, > is it a crappy idea, etc? > > Thanks, > > Adam