A/C help needed (yeah, I know there's a gazillion posts)
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Sorry to start yet another A/C thread, but I can't find the information I need. Quick lowdown:
* A/C doesn't work at all. Seems the compressor isn't spinning up.
* A/C light is NOT flashing. Comes on normally and looks like it's working.
* Tried the Recirc + A/C switch combo to get codes, but it didn't do anything. (am I doing this wrong?)
* Don't know where the relay is, so I haven't checked that
* Don't know where the A/C sight glass is, so I haven't checked that either
* Previous owner said that the A/C kinda petered out last summer
Sounds like low R12 to me. How do I check that? And does that seem like a reasonable explanation? I'm hoping the comressor isn't bad, but if it is, there's one in the classifieds...
Thanks in advance,
-Aaron
* A/C doesn't work at all. Seems the compressor isn't spinning up.
* A/C light is NOT flashing. Comes on normally and looks like it's working.
* Tried the Recirc + A/C switch combo to get codes, but it didn't do anything. (am I doing this wrong?)
* Don't know where the relay is, so I haven't checked that
* Don't know where the A/C sight glass is, so I haven't checked that either
* Previous owner said that the A/C kinda petered out last summer
Sounds like low R12 to me. How do I check that? And does that seem like a reasonable explanation? I'm hoping the comressor isn't bad, but if it is, there's one in the classifieds...
Thanks in advance,
-Aaron
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Look for any kind of oil or heavy dirt bluid up around the compressor and one of the A/C line that run across the front part of the engine to the compressor. The SC400 are bad about leaking freon arond this area. Good luck.
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I had the same problem when I first got my car a year ago. The car automatically stops the compressor from spinning because it knows it is out of the FREON (R12 or R134). So get it filled and the compressor should start working again.
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Originally posted by smelkony
I had the same problem when I first got my car a year ago. The car automatically stops the compressor from spinning because it knows it is out of the FREON (R12 or R134). So get it filled and the compressor should start working again.
I had the same problem when I first got my car a year ago. The car automatically stops the compressor from spinning because it knows it is out of the FREON (R12 or R134). So get it filled and the compressor should start working again.
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