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Air Cond shuts off when going up hill

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Old 05-26-2009, 07:29 AM
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Default Air Cond shuts off when going up hill

I was trailering my two motorcycles to Eureka Springs AR when I noticed my air conditioning when stop work when I would go up a hill. As soon as I would level off the air would come back on. Has this happen to anyone else????
 
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Old 05-26-2009, 07:56 AM
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I believe it has something to do with the drop in vacuum in the lines operating the AC controls due to the drop in manifold vacuum under those conditions. I seem to remember something about adding a check valve in the line to maintain vacuum during these conditions to help eliminate this condition. I'm sure someone will chime in who knows more about this...
 
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Old 05-26-2009, 09:23 AM
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Yup, you have a vacuum leak. I'll bet if you look a little closer, it's not actually shutting off, it is switching to the defrost vents. Try the search feature, and you'll get tons of threads about vacuum leaks. This is a pretty common problem on our trucks.
 



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