andyhill72
New Member
- Joined
- January 8, 2010
- Messages
- 1
- Reaction score
- 0
- City, State
- Missoula, MT
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '00 XLT
Hi,
My 2000 Explorer XLT's A/C has always worked great until this past summer. It started blowing slightly cool air, then warm air. I bought a recharge kit with a guage. When I hooked it up it said it was almost full. I filled it the rest of the way and it's stayed full ever since. However, it still blows warm air. When it's on I can hear something click under the hood (like maybe the clutch engaging?) and the engine lugs down a little. This happens, though, constantly. If it's idling and it's in park, I hear the click followed by the sound of a fan kicking on and the engine lugging down just a tiny bit and then it all stops and starts again a few seconds later. This happens over and over and over. I'd like to get this fixed this winter in my garage before the warm weather comes. I know next to nothing about cars, so if anyone can respond with some ideas please dumb it way down so I'll be able to keep up. Thanks!
My 2000 Explorer XLT's A/C has always worked great until this past summer. It started blowing slightly cool air, then warm air. I bought a recharge kit with a guage. When I hooked it up it said it was almost full. I filled it the rest of the way and it's stayed full ever since. However, it still blows warm air. When it's on I can hear something click under the hood (like maybe the clutch engaging?) and the engine lugs down a little. This happens, though, constantly. If it's idling and it's in park, I hear the click followed by the sound of a fan kicking on and the engine lugging down just a tiny bit and then it all stops and starts again a few seconds later. This happens over and over and over. I'd like to get this fixed this winter in my garage before the warm weather comes. I know next to nothing about cars, so if anyone can respond with some ideas please dumb it way down so I'll be able to keep up. Thanks!
