I think mine is defective, it seems that when I tried to refill the R-134 the other day it blew ice cold for about a day then I found greenish fluid sprayed inside the engine compartment. It looked like majority of the is leaking from the compressor clutch. Does this sound right? I think I can find one cheaper from a truck being parted out or something new from 3bay. What are your thoughts?

 

You'd be MUCH better off getting a reman with a warranty, and paying someone with the proper training, tools, & equipment to do the work.

 

I gotta agree with Steve unless you have a couple thousand dollers worth of AC tools and the knowledge to use them correctly get a good pro to do it. If you would have done that before you dumped that can of R 134 in there you would probably still have your AC. with out the proper equipment how do you now if you need refrigerant? and how do you know when you have added to much? I guess when the seals blow it is full.



Bruce

 

Not exactly understand what you are implying. When I bought the truck the dealer sold it to me for $2k less than bluebook because the A/C didn't work, so a can of R134 is a lot cheaper (for me) than thousands in AC tools, as you stated. I just used an AC EZ refrigerant gauge to know how much to fill, pretty simple.

Anyone know of a mechanic for this in my area?

 

how did you get the moisture out of the systome before you charged it? did you pull 20+ inches of vacuum for 20 mins? how did you add the oil for the compressor? did you change the filter dryer? those are the things that would have saved your systome and will save a new compress er when you chang it.

if it were that easy the dealer would have dumped in a can and got 2000 more for the truck.


Bruce

 

Yellow pages. Expect to pay ~$80 up front for a diagnosis, but they should apply most of that to any repairs you buy. Even if they say the whole system has to be replaced, it'll be a lot less than $2K, and you'll have a warranty on it (should be around a year), so you'll still come out WAAAY ahead on the deal.

 

Steve and Bruce are right. Unless you have the tools and know what you are doing, take it to a professional. What I thought was a bad compressor clutch turns out to be shot bearings in my compressor.(At least I know I can now put a new clutch on my compressor!!) I've had 2 estimates to replace the compressor, clean out the whole system, evaporator, new filter, etc. and they are over $800, almost $900. Yeehaw. This on the heels of an almost $200 front disc brake job. No AC in FLA SUCKS.