Liquid_force
CEG'er
Edit: if someone can move this to Gen Troubleshooting that would probably be helpful.
Entering my 3rd summer with this car. A/C has never been quite right, but always got me through the summer. (Trying to keep a 10 yr old and 2 yr old comfortable)
First use this season at about 80 degrees just barely kept the air temp in the car below ambient.
I checked pressures today. It's about 65 degrees out.
Low side cycles at 5-10 second intervals from 15-20 up to 45-50 according to my gauge.
High side started off at about 100, but after 2 min. or so would work its way up to 300+ then the fan would kick on and it would settle back to about 125 before eventually ending up at 300+ again.
The air never did get cold. About the same as the ambient air temp.
Not sure if this matters, but when I turned the engine off the low side went up to about 90 -- high was at 110 or so.
I'm guessing a hack would just add more 134, but I'm afraid I may have a bigger problem here.
Any guesses?
Should I consult a pro on this one?
CAN I try adding some refrig w/o making things any worse?
Entering my 3rd summer with this car. A/C has never been quite right, but always got me through the summer. (Trying to keep a 10 yr old and 2 yr old comfortable)
First use this season at about 80 degrees just barely kept the air temp in the car below ambient.
I checked pressures today. It's about 65 degrees out.
Low side cycles at 5-10 second intervals from 15-20 up to 45-50 according to my gauge.
High side started off at about 100, but after 2 min. or so would work its way up to 300+ then the fan would kick on and it would settle back to about 125 before eventually ending up at 300+ again.
The air never did get cold. About the same as the ambient air temp.
Not sure if this matters, but when I turned the engine off the low side went up to about 90 -- high was at 110 or so.
I'm guessing a hack would just add more 134, but I'm afraid I may have a bigger problem here.
Any guesses?
Should I consult a pro on this one?
CAN I try adding some refrig w/o making things any worse?