Why does my car smoke and make a loud humming noise when driving with the ac on?

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FDPARIS
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I turned on the cold air, heard a loud humming noise. turned off the ac and white smoke started coming out from the under the hood.
Feb 29, 2012 at 6:21 PM
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SATURNTECH9
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See if the ac compressor is siezing up see if the center of the ac compression turns without a lot of effort.Let me know what you find.
Feb 29, 2012 at 6:32 PM