silverbullet99
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- 1999 Explorer Limited
Tonight I helped a friend put in a new condenser and a new orifice tube.
Put in the new parts (w/ oil in them), put everything back together, and evacuated the system (less than 30hg).
I put the first can in as a liquid on the high side, it went right in. Started the second can and it went near half.
Started the truck and put gas on the low side. The low side was reading about 75 and the high side was cycling from 60 - 100(compressor off/on) Started the next can and the low side went up to 120 and the high side was now at 125 - 175 (compressor off/on). I believe I saw the high side go up as high as 225.
The outside temperature is hovering about 73deg tonight and the A/C felt somewhat cooler than that.
The high pressure on the low side has me thinking that there is a problem here, maybe a clog.
The old orifice tube looked great, could have reused it.
Any ideas on what I did wrong or what is going on with this A/C? What should I check?
Thanks for any help,
Jim
Put in the new parts (w/ oil in them), put everything back together, and evacuated the system (less than 30hg).
I put the first can in as a liquid on the high side, it went right in. Started the second can and it went near half.
Started the truck and put gas on the low side. The low side was reading about 75 and the high side was cycling from 60 - 100(compressor off/on) Started the next can and the low side went up to 120 and the high side was now at 125 - 175 (compressor off/on). I believe I saw the high side go up as high as 225.
The outside temperature is hovering about 73deg tonight and the A/C felt somewhat cooler than that.
The high pressure on the low side has me thinking that there is a problem here, maybe a clog.
The old orifice tube looked great, could have reused it.
Any ideas on what I did wrong or what is going on with this A/C? What should I check?
Thanks for any help,
Jim