a/c not blowing cold....compressor?
its a little pain to get out. starter doesnt have to be removed but its akward. If you took off the sway bar it will go faster
Does it need to be on jack stands with the wheels off the ground to be abel to unbolt those safely?
The compressor is cake to get off.
When the car is running can you hear the compressor clutch clicking? It should click on and off, usually about on for 10 seconds and off for 20 seconds or so. You can aso check it with gauges, if the gauges stay the same and dont move at all with teh a/c on it means the compressor clutch is not cycling. As was said before though if the motor bogs it got resistance.
How long were the lines open?
When the car is running can you hear the compressor clutch clicking? It should click on and off, usually about on for 10 seconds and off for 20 seconds or so. You can aso check it with gauges, if the gauges stay the same and dont move at all with teh a/c on it means the compressor clutch is not cycling. As was said before though if the motor bogs it got resistance.
How long were the lines open?
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car is way too loud to hear anytihng click. cam, LTs, and true duals. the a/c system was off of the car for a total of about a month. suring this time, i dont think it rained once, ad ther was a severe drought.....so it was probably the "best" time to have a/c stuff laying around with open lines since hardly no moisture was in the air.
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alright, ill update this thread. i replaced the compressor, filled the system up with freon, and bam, ive got ice cold air! i did not replace the dryer or orifice tube (orifice tube was new last week). so today i am driving the z on a little trip, and about an hour into the trip i notice the air isnt blowing out hard anymore. its still cold air, but i have it cranked up full blast and its barely comming out of the vents. 30 minutes later, the air is hardly comming out at all, and my check gauges light flashes and my coolant temp is in the red. i pull over, pop the hood, and find that my a/c dryer, as well as the lines comming to and from it and covered in a quarter inch thick layer of ice.
WTF? i let the car cool down and drive it on leaving the air off, and the engine stayed cool. any ideas here? my car has never ran hot, and the a/c has never done this so the two have to be realted.
WTF? i let the car cool down and drive it on leaving the air off, and the engine stayed cool. any ideas here? my car has never ran hot, and the a/c has never done this so the two have to be realted.
car is way too loud to hear anytihng click. cam, LTs, and true duals. the a/c system was off of the car for a total of about a month. suring this time, i dont think it rained once, ad ther was a severe drought.....so it was probably the "best" time to have a/c stuff laying around with open lines since hardly no moisture was in the air.
alright, ill update this thread. i replaced the compressor, filled the system up with freon, and bam, ive got ice cold air! i did not replace the dryer or orifice tube (orifice tube was new last week). so today i am driving the z on a little trip, and about an hour into the trip i notice the air isnt blowing out hard anymore. its still cold air, but i have it cranked up full blast and its barely comming out of the vents. 30 minutes later, the air is hardly comming out at all, and my check gauges light flashes and my coolant temp is in the red. i pull over, pop the hood, and find that my a/c dryer, as well as the lines comming to and from it and covered in a quarter inch thick layer of ice.
WTF? i let the car cool down and drive it on leaving the air off, and the engine stayed cool. any ideas here? my car has never ran hot, and the a/c has never done this so the two have to be realted.
WTF? i let the car cool down and drive it on leaving the air off, and the engine stayed cool. any ideas here? my car has never ran hot, and the a/c has never done this so the two have to be realted.
alright, ill update this thread. i replaced the compressor, filled the system up with freon, and bam, ive got ice cold air! i did not replace the dryer or orifice tube (orifice tube was new last week). so today i am driving the z on a little trip, and about an hour into the trip i notice the air isnt blowing out hard anymore. its still cold air, but i have it cranked up full blast and its barely comming out of the vents. 30 minutes later, the air is hardly comming out at all, and my check gauges light flashes and my coolant temp is in the red. i pull over, pop the hood, and find that my a/c dryer, as well as the lines comming to and from it and covered in a quarter inch thick layer of ice.
WTF? i let the car cool down and drive it on leaving the air off, and the engine stayed cool. any ideas here? my car has never ran hot, and the a/c has never done this so the two have to be realted.
WTF? i let the car cool down and drive it on leaving the air off, and the engine stayed cool. any ideas here? my car has never ran hot, and the a/c has never done this so the two have to be realted.
The wierd thing here is: The engine is running hot from an issue with the A/C system. I don't know of anything that can cause your engine to run hot except fans or something blocking the front of the condensor. And the fans don't come on while cruising on the highway.
Is something up there blocking the condensor, like a piece of newspaper or something?
You need to see if your condensor is getting "really really" hot while the a/c is "on". I mean hot where you cannot touch the a/c line that attaches in front of the radiator cap to the top corner of the condensor. If its too hot to touch and keep your fingers on that line....you probably have a blockage where the compressed gases exit the condensor. The compressor is cramming it in there but its not getting out.
If that condensor gets "really really" hot, then I can see the engine start to run hot because that HOT air is now going right through the radiator, then the losing battle begins for the cooling system.
Go for a drive with the A/C on and see how hot that condensor line is getting.
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forgot to mention, the system was cleaned with brake cleaner and compressed air just like suggested. and i went and started the car after it sat a couple hours, the a/c comes on and blows just fine now that the car has cooled. ill check to see how hot the condensor gets tomorrow after i drive it 30 minutes to super chevy show!
forgot to mention, the system was cleaned with brake cleaner and compressed air just like suggested. and i went and started the car after it sat a couple hours, the a/c comes on and blows just fine now that the car has cooled. ill check to see how hot the condensor gets tomorrow after i drive it 30 minutes to super chevy show!
