lunchfist
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- dubuque ia
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- 2001 explorer 4.0 SOHC
So about a few weeks ago i noticed the air just wasn't as cool as it used to be, and so i ran it on max AC for about a 30 minute drive, yep, sure enough the air was just as warm as if on vent. (yes i had the temp selector to cool 
) So a week goes by and i finally decide i'm going to get a refill kit and refill the refrigerant. I get home with the kit and let it run with the A/C on max, and the compressor clicks on and off about every few seconds (from what i've read, that means it's low on refrig., right?)
my problem.
I start unscrewing the low side port cap, and it starts hissing..... so i tighten it back up... then i go inside and grab my haynes book, and make sure it was the low side port i was unscrewing the cap for... which it is.. I'm about 99% sure it's not supposed to hiss right? So i say screw it, and unscrew the cap all the way... i hear a loud pop, a rubber o-ring (black one) goes flying, and it won't stop hissing.
So i put the cap back on, come inside, and type this.
Any ideas guys?
is it supposed to hiss? i'm reallllllllllllll sure it isn't.
and it looked like there was a bunch of green gunk around the bottom of the evap canister... on the high side line i assume? and some type of an o-ring or gasket hanging near all the green goo.
*sigh*
) So a week goes by and i finally decide i'm going to get a refill kit and refill the refrigerant. I get home with the kit and let it run with the A/C on max, and the compressor clicks on and off about every few seconds (from what i've read, that means it's low on refrig., right?) my problem.
I start unscrewing the low side port cap, and it starts hissing..... so i tighten it back up... then i go inside and grab my haynes book, and make sure it was the low side port i was unscrewing the cap for... which it is.. I'm about 99% sure it's not supposed to hiss right? So i say screw it, and unscrew the cap all the way... i hear a loud pop, a rubber o-ring (black one) goes flying, and it won't stop hissing.
So i put the cap back on, come inside, and type this.
Any ideas guys?
is it supposed to hiss? i'm reallllllllllllll sure it isn't.
and it looked like there was a bunch of green gunk around the bottom of the evap canister... on the high side line i assume? and some type of an o-ring or gasket hanging near all the green goo.
*sigh*
