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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 09:29 AM
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Air Conditioning Problem

I hope someone can help me with this problem! I live in north carolina and as most may know, the summers are very hot. At the end of last summer my A/C in my 98 Explorer Sport stopped blowing cold air. I thought maybe it would be need to be recharged so I hooked up the recharge kit and noticed something strange. The meter on the kit would read recharged and then I could hear what I think was the compressor kick in and the meter would read in the red, which I believe it said was overcharged. This cycle would repeat every 20 seconds or so. If anyone has any ideas what the problem may be that would be great. I am trying to avoid an expensive trip to the A/C repair man if I can help it. I have the 6 cyl. SOHC engine. Thanks
 
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 02:48 PM
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If you don't get an answer, try posting in the "Cooling, Heating, Ventilation & A/C Forum"; hopefully someone there can help.

Welcome to FTE!!!

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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 04:16 PM
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Thank you for the info, I'll post it there. Thanks for the welcome!

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The pressure will vary proportional to the ambient temperature/pressure. To properly diagnose your problem you should connect an A/C manifold set to the high and low sides.
  • Readings should be taken/recorded @ 2000rpm with the A/C set to max.
  • Record the ambient temp and the temp at the dash vent.
  • record altitude, if possible.
Once you have these reading, post them here
 
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