[Shotimes] AC woes

[FlamingTaco]

Sorry if this is a double-post, I had problems getting this message to send...

A few degrees ambient temperature change is not going to have a significant impact on a/c performance. If the outside temperature goes from 100 to 105 degrees, your vent temperature will change a few degrees... it will not go from working fine to warm air. Your problem appears to be a component failure due to heat saturation. I would investigate two things first: the ambient air temp sensor, and the a/c clutch. The ambient air sensor will be easy to test because it will send the EATC a false reading when it goes into failure mode. The next time the heat gets so high that the a/c stops working, hit the button on the EATC to see what the sensor is telling the EATC. If it reads a proper temperature, you can try the "tap-test" on the compressor clutch, or even cool it down with a can of keyboard dust remover. Might also have a bad electrical connection in the chain.

David



-----Original Message-----
>From: clubairth@bellsouth.net
>Sent: Jul 23, 2006 8:58 PM
>To: Mike <srfdude@adelphia.net>, SHOtimes@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] AC woes
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>Mike:
> You need to look and see if the compressor is turning when you have warm 
>air. At those high temperatures you might be a bit low on Freon?
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>> This is only the second time I've been in 100+ temps since I've had my 
>> garage
>> queen 95 ATX.  Both times the same thing:  the ac blows warm air.  Today 
>> at
>> 105 (major heat wave in SoCal; my daughter had to play soccer in it) it
>> wouldn't get cold at all.  But driving home as the temp dipped below 100,
>> voila.  Cold air.  Worked great all the way home.  So very hot temps cause 
>> no
>> AC; is this likely a clutch problem, or something else?
>> Mike
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