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Old Jun 9, 2005 | 01:49 PM
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Question a/c

i had the a/c on and the temp guage started rising fast. i changed the thermastat with a heavy duy one no better.i checked for leaks with the dye and charged the system.the charging guage on low line was good the upper line the guage was jumping irraticly whats next?
 
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Old Jun 9, 2005 | 02:53 PM
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What year and motor do you have? When you shut the AC down, did the temp go down, or did you just shut everything down? Do you have any signs of a blown head gasket?
 
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Old Jun 9, 2005 | 05:40 PM
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2002 explorer 4.0 when i turned air off temp dropped
 
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Old Jun 9, 2005 | 08:41 PM
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Did youcheck the fan clutch? As the temp around the clutch gets hot the flutch will adjust,tighten, so the fan turns faster vs free wheeling, fan turns less than the pulley speed. I'm not sure I worded this correctly, but the idea is to check the fan clutch. Good luck.
 
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