Difference between ac compressors - help
 

Hello.

Car is an 04 UK Impreza sti.

My ac compressor failed. I ordered one from a parts company but the one that turned up is model number 73111fe030.

The one that was on the car was a 040 at the end.

The compressors have a different technical difference on the label but more crucially they are a) different sizes and b) different mounts.

The 030 has 3 holes, the 040 has four holes.

Google says they're both for the Impreza but as I'm out in spain its hard to get parts. Does it require a different mounting adapter bracket or do the holes line up and one is left blank? I'm not a mechanic.

Any help would be appreciated as Google just trys to sell you them.

Part number for UK MY03 onwards is *FE040

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...6f6e5281a1.png

Part number for JDM MY03 onwards is *FE030

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...819bd07e33.png

What differences (internal/external) there are I do not know.


Looking at the bracketry they are different

UK

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...eb064bab51.png


JDM

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...d994205b44.png

Thank you

Updated previous post

Yeah.

The UK one is physically bigger compressor. We've tracked down the correct one now.

Awkward but not the end of the world.