mbrando1994
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- 2003 Ford Ex XLT
4.0 V6
Hi all,
This is on a 2003 Explorer XLT 4.0L V6
Turned my air on on the first really hot day (85F+) left it run and was warm. So I charged it up, worked great, then on the second day after that it was running warm again. It runs somewhat cool when the temperature outside is cool, but I'm assuming that's just the straight air from outside coming through.
I used a UV Dye kit to try and find a leak. It appears someone has tape wrapped around one of the rubber hoses in the system. I pulled some back and low and behold, it lit up like a Christmas tree! There were no other signs of the dye anywhere else in the system, nothing around the compressor.
This is the piece of pipe that runs from the accumulator (receiver dryer) to the compressor (I'm 95% sure on this), It has a flat part that runs underneath the center of the vehicle from one side to the other and appears to be both metal and rubber connected by small metal ribbed like connectors.
Obviously the system will need to be evacuated before work is done, but what am I even looking at here? What is the part? Do I need to replace the whole line or just the rubber hose portion? I'm good with cars, just never did a lot of HVAC. This explorer has vents in the front and rear but only controls in the front, no separate controls for the rear. Is this something I can do my own (less evac) or should I just have the evac place work on it?
Thanks!
This is on a 2003 Explorer XLT 4.0L V6
Turned my air on on the first really hot day (85F+) left it run and was warm. So I charged it up, worked great, then on the second day after that it was running warm again. It runs somewhat cool when the temperature outside is cool, but I'm assuming that's just the straight air from outside coming through.
I used a UV Dye kit to try and find a leak. It appears someone has tape wrapped around one of the rubber hoses in the system. I pulled some back and low and behold, it lit up like a Christmas tree! There were no other signs of the dye anywhere else in the system, nothing around the compressor.
This is the piece of pipe that runs from the accumulator (receiver dryer) to the compressor (I'm 95% sure on this), It has a flat part that runs underneath the center of the vehicle from one side to the other and appears to be both metal and rubber connected by small metal ribbed like connectors.
Obviously the system will need to be evacuated before work is done, but what am I even looking at here? What is the part? Do I need to replace the whole line or just the rubber hose portion? I'm good with cars, just never did a lot of HVAC. This explorer has vents in the front and rear but only controls in the front, no separate controls for the rear. Is this something I can do my own (less evac) or should I just have the evac place work on it?
Thanks!