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Re: Air conitioning (archive)
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Posted by wjbell on July 14, 2000 at 17:43:54:

In Reply to: Re: Air conitioning posted by Darin on July 14, 2000 at 17:31:37:

The recirculate is working fine. I can hit the recirculate buttone and hear the valve open and close tight. And no change in the leaking sound when I operate the valve. Also, the last time I used the air (month ago) I didn't have to use recirculate to get cold air. It wasn't super low, it just wasn't ice cold.

The leaking noise sounds like it's comming from behind the computer under the glove box where those two big hoses are. It's a general sound that I can't pinpoint.

Another thing is that the AC button seems to not be as bright as it was. The switch is working because I can tell it engages the AC compressor. I did just replace three of the small push-in bulbs that were burnt; one for the hot-to-cold dial right under the radio, one for the front ashtray and one for the rear ashtray. I don't know if adding those bulbs could take away enough power to dim the AC switch light...

: Andyman,

: Behind the radio is a hose that controls the recirculate air flap, and it is controled by vacume line. What happened was that you might have unhocked it while playing with the radio. As for the A/C not working, it could be low on charge and the only way it would be cold is by recirculating.

: : My air condtioning on my 87 325 was working fair. It would take a little while to get cold but it would work. I tried the air today and it didn't work at all and I'm hearing a air leaking sound from under the dash when I hit the air button. It's a faint sound and I'm not sure if it was always there or not.

: : The switch seems to be working because it still puts a slight drag on the engine when I turn it on. The only thing I did was change the radio. I thought maybe I could have knocked off a wire or somthing but I pulled the radio out and didn't see anything I could have knocked off.

: : Could it have just all of a sudden ran out of freon? Any ideas what it could be?



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