A/C Blowing Hot Air.
06-12-2013, 07:37 AM
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06-14-2013, 12:05 PM
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It's weird, if you put your hand up to the vent the top portion on all of them are cooler than the lower portion.
I took my car to a shop, AZ Auto Masters in Chandler, AZ. They told me that the compressor is leaking, and I will need an entire new A/C kit complete with a new compressor and dryer, will cost $1400 with labor. That's ridiculous, I really don't believe these guys.
I took my car to them in the past to diagnose a oil leak and they said that both turbos are leaking from the seals, and it's about to go, and might have 6 months. I took it to another shop and they said the leaks were from the valve body, possibly the upper oil pan, and the banjo fitting to the passenger side turbo. It's been 8 months, and 12,000 miles and my turbos charge down the road like a monster. So **** that place, good reviews and recommendations my ***. I'm taking it somewhere else to get diagnosed. It has refrigerant in the system, it's just plugged up.. I don't know much about A/C systems, and they probably knew that. Ridiculous.
I took my car to a shop, AZ Auto Masters in Chandler, AZ. They told me that the compressor is leaking, and I will need an entire new A/C kit complete with a new compressor and dryer, will cost $1400 with labor. That's ridiculous, I really don't believe these guys.
I took my car to them in the past to diagnose a oil leak and they said that both turbos are leaking from the seals, and it's about to go, and might have 6 months. I took it to another shop and they said the leaks were from the valve body, possibly the upper oil pan, and the banjo fitting to the passenger side turbo. It's been 8 months, and 12,000 miles and my turbos charge down the road like a monster. So **** that place, good reviews and recommendations my ***. I'm taking it somewhere else to get diagnosed. It has refrigerant in the system, it's just plugged up.. I don't know much about A/C systems, and they probably knew that. Ridiculous.
06-14-2013, 12:09 PM
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06-14-2013, 01:34 PM
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tuning gruppe has done me well in the past.
problem is its summer in AZ, EVERY SHOP knows they have you by the short hairs right now. not to mention it can be a bear to work on these air conditioning systems.
if the refrigerant is being plugged up i would assume you have debris in the system and that would mean compressor damage. if the compressor is damaged, you will need a new condensor and dryer. hopefully the oriface tube stops the rest because replacing the EVAP is a bear!
problem is its summer in AZ, EVERY SHOP knows they have you by the short hairs right now. not to mention it can be a bear to work on these air conditioning systems.
if the refrigerant is being plugged up i would assume you have debris in the system and that would mean compressor damage. if the compressor is damaged, you will need a new condensor and dryer. hopefully the oriface tube stops the rest because replacing the EVAP is a bear!
06-14-2013, 03:24 PM
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tuning gruppe has done me well in the past.
problem is its summer in AZ, EVERY SHOP knows they have you by the short hairs right now. not to mention it can be a bear to work on these air conditioning systems.
if the refrigerant is being plugged up i would assume you have debris in the system and that would mean compressor damage. if the compressor is damaged, you will need a new condensor and dryer. hopefully the oriface tube stops the rest because replacing the EVAP is a bear!
problem is its summer in AZ, EVERY SHOP knows they have you by the short hairs right now. not to mention it can be a bear to work on these air conditioning systems.
if the refrigerant is being plugged up i would assume you have debris in the system and that would mean compressor damage. if the compressor is damaged, you will need a new condensor and dryer. hopefully the oriface tube stops the rest because replacing the EVAP is a bear!
06-30-2013, 07:30 PM
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Just wondering if they told you what isn't working correctly with your compressor - and how they found that out - I mean how did they test it...
My A/C isn't working; blowing air; hot air - when I try to charge it, some charge will go in, and clutch will kick in, but usually lines would start to sweat from cold refrigerant going through it; but nothing, no sweat, no condensation, nothing...
My A/C isn't working; blowing air; hot air - when I try to charge it, some charge will go in, and clutch will kick in, but usually lines would start to sweat from cold refrigerant going through it; but nothing, no sweat, no condensation, nothing...
07-01-2013, 03:58 PM
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Just wondering if they told you what isn't working correctly with your compressor - and how they found that out - I mean how did they test it...
My A/C isn't working; blowing air; hot air - when I try to charge it, some charge will go in, and clutch will kick in, but usually lines would start to sweat from cold refrigerant going through it; but nothing, no sweat, no condensation, nothing...
My A/C isn't working; blowing air; hot air - when I try to charge it, some charge will go in, and clutch will kick in, but usually lines would start to sweat from cold refrigerant going through it; but nothing, no sweat, no condensation, nothing...
07-08-2013, 07:41 PM
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Thanks for letting me know - I guess I will start looking for a new compressor then... I have to redo my seals up top very soon anyway (leaking oil onto ac compressor, smell in cabin and smoking under hood at red light ~ oil) YEEEEEE HA!
07-15-2013, 08:50 AM
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I replaced my valve body gaskets when I was having the same issue, I did it myself, took me about 15 hours and I have never done anything like it before. You have to take a lot of parts off to get there. Look into it cause it fixed 90% of my oil leak!!
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