kgabrielsen
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- City, State
- Washington DC
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1994 Ford Explorer
My 94 V6 EB has a/c problems. Compressor clutch is not engaging at all. I didnt use it at all last summer because the heater blower wasnt working. Eventually found and fixed the problem (blown relay in the pwr distr box under the hood). So now I have a fan that works, the heat works, the different vent settings on the console all work, but no cold air because the compressor is not coming on. Yesterday, I tried charging the low side with refrigerant, knowing that it probably has had a slow leak due to age, and also know that there is a safety that cuts out the compressor clutch when refrigerant/oil pressure falls below threshold. I went through two cans on the low side and then put a gauge to check pressure-- registered very low pressure, as if all the gas escaped. I started looking for signs of leaks, and noticed that the line going from the accumulator(? tin can connected to the line coming from the Low end quick-connect)-- to the evaporator(? part mounted to the firewall on the passenger side) has a lot of play in it... like the line where it goes into the evaporator housing slides back and forth like a couple of inches... THIS DOESNT SEEM RIGHT, DOES IT? When I pushed it all the way in, if felt like it hit a wall or obstruction inside, when I pulled it back out, it can as far as there was room to move the accumulator in the area to the right of the engine. I tried looking for pictures/diagrams in the DIY manual that was in the parts store, but could not tell if this is the normal connection or if something is wrong... IThere was one photo depicting a wand that gets inserted somewhere, but this one had a O ring in the middle with screens and such on the end that gets inserted. How bad is my situation???