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Old Jul 24, 2018 | 03:23 PM
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AC problems

2012 F350 6.7 SUPERDUTY
ac compressor on and off....low pressure is 36 and high pressure is 400, sounds to me like the expansion valve is stuck/plugged.
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Old Jul 24, 2018 | 11:24 PM
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High side seems a bit high but mine runs at 350 and has been fine. Thought it was low and not cooling right so I added some to get the pressure on the low side up and high side went to 350 ish.

Once I cleaned the condenser out really well as there was trash stuck behind it before the radiator it's been working like a champ. I was concerned I over filled the AC and have not had time yet to go have it evacuated and filled to correct colume by weight but it is working awesome for now. Maybe it was low from the factory.

Try cleaning you condenser . Make sure there is no trash stuck in there by the radiator. If that doesn't work it could be a blend door issue. I've read that if you disconnect your battery and reconnect it and it works great then the actuator may be bad and by undoing the battery you reset the door location and it closes all the way.

There is a blend door relearn I've seen posted I tried that had me pull fuse #46 in the passenger wheel well and a few other things to retrain it. Honestly that worked awesome since I did that a few weeks ago. On a trip today my vent temps was 42. Outside was 95.

The pressures I have now are close to what you are running. There is a forscan program someone here used to find a sensor on the evap was telling the AC to cut out. If your compressor is on and running I'd clean and look for the blend door issue first. Search for the procedure.
 
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Old Jul 25, 2018 | 07:44 AM
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Thanks, ill get all this done a read pressures again.



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High side seems a bit high but mine runs at 350 and has been fine. Thought it was low and not cooling right so I added some to get the pressure on the low side up and high side went to 350 ish.

Once I cleaned the condenser out really well as there was trash stuck behind it before the radiator it's been working like a champ. I was concerned I over filled the AC and have not had time yet to go have it evacuated and filled to correct colume by weight but it is working awesome for now. Maybe it was low from the factory.

Try cleaning you condenser . Make sure there is no trash stuck in there by the radiator. If that doesn't work it could be a blend door issue. I've read that if you disconnect your battery and reconnect it and it works great then the actuator may be bad and by undoing the battery you reset the door location and it closes all the way.

There is a blend door relearn I've seen posted I tried that had me pull fuse #46 in the passenger wheel well and a few other things to retrain it. Honestly that worked awesome since I did that a few weeks ago. On a trip today my vent temps was 42. Outside was 95.

The pressures I have now are close to what you are running. There is a forscan program someone here used to find a sensor on the evap was telling the AC to cut out. If your compressor is on and running I'd clean and look for the blend door issue first. Search for the procedure.
 
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Old Jul 25, 2018 | 07:53 AM
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Here is a link for the relearn.

https://www.powerstroke.org/forum/6-...1109426?page=1


And for the eatc system if yours is the electronic control. There is a testing protocol.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ide-vents.html
 
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Old Jul 25, 2018 | 08:10 AM
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Does this work even though i don't have duel air controls? I idin't drive the truck to work today so ill have to wait til i get home.
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Here is a link for the relearn.


https://www.powerstroke.org/forum/6-...1109426?page=1


And for the eatc system if yours is the electronic control. There is a testing protocol.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ide-vents.html
 
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Old Jul 25, 2018 | 11:16 AM
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The first link is for manual **** no dual zone controls.
 
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