AC
#1
AC
I tried my AC today and noticed its blowing warm air out when I have on the cold settings? What could cause this and how do I fix it?
#2
RE: AC
Did you give it a chance to get cold? If you did and it is still warm air, then its time for a recharge of the AC.
#3
RE: AC
Ya, mine last summer blew hot air until I gave it a a recharge. My friend had a can in her trunk and refilled me and since then I have nice cool air coming through.
#4
RE: AC
ORIGINAL: m00nwater
Ya, mine last summer blew hot air until I gave it a a recharge. My friend had a can in her trunk and refilled me and since then I have nice cool air coming through.
Ya, mine last summer blew hot air until I gave it a a recharge. My friend had a can in her trunk and refilled me and since then I have nice cool air coming through.
Anne
'91 S-10 Blazer, 2 dr., 4.3L, 4X4
153,000 miles
#5
RE: AC
You can get it from NAPA, I'm pretty sure. You can also get them to refill it for about $20-30 there, I think.
P.S. Welcome back Kat...haven't seen you in a while
P.S. Welcome back Kat...haven't seen you in a while
#6
RE: AC
I took it the shop today and they said they it would only take a 1 lb of frion and no more would go in. They said it would be about $800 to fix the AC problem (replacing the compressor and other things in there). I'm gonna wait alittle while and have it fixed.
#7
RE: AC
ORIGINAL: m00nwater
You can get it from NAPA, I'm pretty sure. You can also get them to refill it for about $20-30 there, I think.
P.S. Welcome back Kat...haven't seen you in a while
You can get it from NAPA, I'm pretty sure. You can also get them to refill it for about $20-30 there, I think.
P.S. Welcome back Kat...haven't seen you in a while
Thanks for the welcome back...... I've just been a little tired and busy lately.
Anne
#8
RE: AC
Annekat9
you don't need the compressor or the freon for the heat, just the cold air. But you do need a good amount of rad fluid for the heat.
you don't need the compressor or the freon for the heat, just the cold air. But you do need a good amount of rad fluid for the heat.
#9
RE: AC
I need it for the defrost, right?
#10
RE: AC
Not really. Not if your AC is crapped out.
It's really kind of stupid, but what happened is that years ago they found that the seals in the AC systems were drying out, cracking, and then leaking because people only used the AC about half the year. So, they wired the system so that the AC is engaged when you use the max defrost. It lubes the seals and they don't dry out during the colder weather when you're not using the AC.
To me, it's a waste of gas. They should have just put a 5 minute timer circuit on the system so that every time you started up it would engage the AC, and let it go at that.