'97 Ranger A/C not cooling
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'97 Ranger A/C not cooling
I have a '97 Ranger that I bought new. Last summer I noticed the A/C was not getting very cold. I was amazed to think that the refrigerant would already need recharging. I know that the A/C runs on nearly every setting of the controls on the dial, but I don't run it all THAT often. Anyhow, I decided to buy a can of R-134 and charge the system myself. This seemed to work fine. I drove the truck down thru California in July & it all seemd to be working great from then on through the rest of summer. In September took the truck in to my Ford dealer to get the tires replaced on the recall. When I picked the truck up, they were running the A/C on full blast & it didn't seem to be cooling anymore. Coincidence? I hope so, but seeing as how I had just recharged the system, what could be the problem??? I bought another can of R-134 and tried to fill the system. It doesn't seem to be taking any more from the can.
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T. Cheney
Portland, OR
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T. Cheney
Portland, OR
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'97 Ranger A/C not cooling
Please do not put any more R134 into your system before you get some
gauges. That thing may blow up in your face. Bad news.
Spend a few bucks on gauges, please.
Check out http://www.ackits.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi
they'll answer most any question on automotive A/C
tom
gauges. That thing may blow up in your face. Bad news.
Spend a few bucks on gauges, please.
Check out http://www.ackits.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi
they'll answer most any question on automotive A/C
tom
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'97 Ranger A/C not cooling
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 07-Feb-02 AT 09:50 PM (EST)]That is right, if you put some more in the system you might be able to see the neet show of the compressor scattering:
I do air con at work, an overcharged system works as good as an empty system.
-X01
I do air con at work, an overcharged system works as good as an empty system.
-X01
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'97 Ranger A/C not cooling
mine(98 ranger) was'nt cooling either so I took it in last week and they replaced the accumulater on the system and recharged the system. I read somewhere that the original accumulater had some insulation on it which caused it to rust out. The accumulater costs about $69 if you buy it. All together it costs me $350 for the dealer to replace it. I'm thinking about contacting ford to see if there is some kinda repair campaign going on about this because the truck is to new in my opinion for needing this kind of repair this soon.
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