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[5th Gen : 08+]: AC Hiss at low Idle

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Old Apr 22, 2020 | 12:46 PM
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I seem to be having a hiss sound coming out of the AC recently. Cruising speed and at acceleration it doesn't happen. But when sitting idle or sometimes on deceleration I will get it. I'm still getting decent cold air. I picked up some r134a, and put my pressure gauge on it after the engine warmed up. I ended up not adding any Freon cause the pressure didn't seem to be low. What else should I start looking at?

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Old Apr 22, 2020 | 02:53 PM
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You probably hear a vacuum leak. Many of the doors that change the air from going up to the vents or down to the floor use vacuum motors to move the flaps; in other cars that I've worked on anyhow, I haven't worked on this van's HVAC.
 
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Old Apr 22, 2020 | 02:54 PM
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Or you have a snake in there and it gets angry when you make it cold. :-)
 
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