cs2400
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- Hamburg, NJ
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- 2001 Explorer Sport
01 Explorer Sport...
hey all,
so my a/c hasnt been blowing cold air for quite some time, i bought one of those low side recharge kits and measured out that at around 80 temp im around 45-48psi on the low side. yesterday a buddy of mine that has a manifold gauge added about 1/3 of a can of 134a, problem is the high side psi is only about 75psi. basically we are dropping back to the cutoff at 20 psi on the low and the sensor it turning the compressor off which seems like a low refrigerant problem. now we got to talking and since i have the rear a/c controls as well he found that the system as a whole would take about 5 cans of 134a to be fully charged. i dont want to overcharge obviously and since ford is asking about 800 to fix it i would like to do as much as i can myself safely. we noticed yesterday though that the schraeder valve on the low side might be bad since when we disconnected the manifold gauge got quite a hiss out of it until we reconnected and popped off again.
i would like to fix it up but honestly im not 100% sure what the right way to start is. another good note is that the clutch on the compressor makes a pretty good click these days so that might be going to. great post btw tons of great information! any help would be appreciated..
hey all,
so my a/c hasnt been blowing cold air for quite some time, i bought one of those low side recharge kits and measured out that at around 80 temp im around 45-48psi on the low side. yesterday a buddy of mine that has a manifold gauge added about 1/3 of a can of 134a, problem is the high side psi is only about 75psi. basically we are dropping back to the cutoff at 20 psi on the low and the sensor it turning the compressor off which seems like a low refrigerant problem. now we got to talking and since i have the rear a/c controls as well he found that the system as a whole would take about 5 cans of 134a to be fully charged. i dont want to overcharge obviously and since ford is asking about 800 to fix it i would like to do as much as i can myself safely. we noticed yesterday though that the schraeder valve on the low side might be bad since when we disconnected the manifold gauge got quite a hiss out of it until we reconnected and popped off again.
i would like to fix it up but honestly im not 100% sure what the right way to start is. another good note is that the clutch on the compressor makes a pretty good click these days so that might be going to. great post btw tons of great information! any help would be appreciated..