WTF is up with my A/C????

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Apr 5, 2010 | 08:37 AM

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WTF is up with my A/C????

OK..... So the A/C works great for an hour or two (varies) and then just about stops blowing???? No matter what fan setting air just barely moves out of the vent. I will turn it off for a few and it will work great and then problem repeat itself..... I never have checked under the hood to see if anything is frozen up because I hate stopping on trips but I will do that next time....

Any ideas though???

Apr 5, 2010 | 08:41 AM

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Does it quit blowing air at all? Or does it just quit blowing cold?

Apr 5, 2010 | 08:42 AM

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You have a small vacuum leak allowing the air box doors to drift. Until you have a chance to go looking, try cycling the A/C control to get the doors back to the correct positions. Same thing happens to me with my S-10.

Apr 5, 2010 | 10:26 AM

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Do the dash vent blow fine?

Apr 5, 2010 | 01:03 PM

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Yeah the air just quits blowing regardless of the fan speed and it warms up too....... Tried cycling the A/C **** on/off but to get it working have to just leave it off a while....

Apr 5, 2010 | 02:20 PM

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I just had another thought....have you checked that your evaporator drain line is clear? You may be iceing up, which would explain why it takes a couple hours to start working again.

Apr 5, 2010 | 07:02 PM

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I just had another thought....have you checked that your evaporator drain line is clear? You may be iceing up, which would explain why it takes a couple hours to start working again.

Thanks!!

I will check it next time it does it. The car is not my DD so I usually just use it on weekends when I go out of town and then I don't wanna pull over to check under the hood. And when I play at the strip no A/C so I really haven't looked into it much.....