Dblbogey
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- '97 XLT
This is my first post, so here goes... I noticed sometime back that my compressor was cycling more than usual, maybe once every 3-5 seconds, so I added a can of 134 freon. No change. I had the freon recovered and pulled the orifice tube. It was nasty with alot of grey, metallic goo on both ends of the tube. I then proceded to flush the evaportator and A/C hoses. I did not flush the condenser (I wish I did). I put in a new orifice tube, accumulator, oil, and recharged with the proper amount of freon (26 oz). Had the same result as before - excessive cycling of compressor. So now I think the compressor is bad and I buy a new one and put it in. Same results -click...click...click... I jumper the low pressure switch and the compressor now stays on. low pressure at 10 lbs and high pressure at 100 lbs. These pressures seem very low so I add one more can of freon. Now pressures are at 20 lbs and 120 lbs. Still low but I know there is enough freon in the system. This now sounds to me that the orifice tube is plugging again. Could this be anything other that a plugging issue? Thanks for any help.
Dblbogey (double bogey) '97 XLT SOHC
Dblbogey (double bogey) '97 XLT SOHC