AC is driving me crazy
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AC is driving me crazy
So my AC stopped working a few months ago. The compressor would cycle on and off quickly. I hooked up the gauges and it looked like it was low so I tried to add refirgerant. It barely took half a can, but the pressure came up enough that it worked. Now, it is back to cycling. I hook up the gauges and the low pressure side is almost at zero and high pressure is around 100psi. I open the line to the refrigerant and the low pressure side jumps up to around 100psi and the high doesn't change. It will not take any refrigerant at all, and the compressor will not turn on even with the 100psi low side pressure. I put the jumper back in to turn on the compressor and the pressures do not change at all.
I am thinking that it may be the compressor, but until I try to add refirgerant it seems to work. I can watch the pressure build on the low side and it will kick on untill it drops to about zero psi on the low side. The High pressure fluctuates very little.
I am thinking that it may be the compressor, but until I try to add refirgerant it seems to work. I can watch the pressure build on the low side and it will kick on untill it drops to about zero psi on the low side. The High pressure fluctuates very little.
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So find an a/c shop that will look at it and give you a free system checkup. I see them advertised all the time. Just make sure you tell them they don't do any work without your consent. If you can't find one for free, I'd say paying $39.95 for a system chechup would beat paying $250 for no reason.
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I had the same problem on my New Yorker, and you won't believe what it turned out to be. My problem was the Expansion Valve (a $15) that caused the exact same issue as what you are describing. Of course to take it out means you have to lose all your freeon, but in the end, I think it is still cheaper guess that route than replacing a compressor. I don't think your compressor being upside down for long affects anything.
Let us know what happens.
Let us know what happens.
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