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02 MCS AC no workie!

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Old May 5, 2008 | 03:42 PM
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02 MCS AC no workie!

SO far our coop has lost all cold air!! Ive recharged the R134 and confirmed the Condensor is kicking on, also removed the charcoal filter and still have 0 cold air. Has anyone had this problem and if theres a known fix?

Heres what Ive done thus far. Removed most the damn dash! checked all 3 servos on the climate box, all 3 work fine. I have good flow, great heat, but when turning on the AC it gets just a hair cooler than the sun.

Anyone? Please? Its driving me nuts.
 
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Old May 5, 2008 | 03:44 PM
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heres a thought, even though my compressor is kicking on/engaging, could it be garbage?
 
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Old May 5, 2008 | 06:45 PM
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Did you have a leak test done?
 
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Old May 6, 2008 | 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by nabeshin
Did you have a leak test done?
Aye, heres the best I can guess at this point, I have no leaks, all my servos and controls work as supposed to, however niether of my lines coming from the compressor to the condensor are cooler than the other like it should be.

Best answer is the compressor is shot.
 
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Old May 6, 2008 | 01:52 PM
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Aye, heres the best I can guess at this point, I have no leaks, all my servos and controls work as supposed to, however niether of my lines coming from the compressor to the condensor are cooler than the other like it should be.

Best answer is the compressor is shot.
Out of curiosity, how many miles on your car?
 
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Old May 6, 2008 | 01:57 PM
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85ish

Not even hard miles and were the second owner. I have been noticing more and more little things that are going wrong though. I have an oil leak that I have yet to trace down, and am having the shift linkage problem that hasnt been recall fixed yet.

But good news is I found a compressor in RI and will be here next week..
 
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Old May 22, 2008 | 09:26 AM
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AC Light

Does the AC light flicker or flash? If it does, then all you have to do is add refridgerant. I though mine was broken, but it was just low on coolant.


Originally Posted by badcop
SO far our coop has lost all cold air!! Ive recharged the R134 and confirmed the Condensor is kicking on, also removed the charcoal filter and still have 0 cold air. Has anyone had this problem and if theres a known fix?

Heres what Ive done thus far. Removed most the damn dash! checked all 3 servos on the climate box, all 3 work fine. I have good flow, great heat, but when turning on the AC it gets just a hair cooler than the sun.

Anyone? Please? Its driving me nuts.
 
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Old May 22, 2008 | 11:05 AM
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you make me wanna sell off my 03 mini

my trunk doesn't open but opens sometimes
my windows doesn't open but opens sometimes
my doors doesn't open but opens sometimes
my lights doesn't work but works sometimes
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85ish

Not even hard miles and were the second owner. I have been noticing more and more little things that are going wrong though. I have an oil leak that I have yet to trace down, and am having the shift linkage problem that hasnt been recall fixed yet.

But good news is I found a compressor in RI and will be here next week..
 
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Old May 22, 2008 | 11:37 AM
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Any way to confirm that the compressor is dead? My A/C just quit blowing cold. Recharged it with R134a, but it seemed to be pretty full already. Ugh.
 
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Old May 23, 2008 | 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Eric_Rowland
Any way to confirm that the compressor is dead? My A/C just quit blowing cold. Recharged it with R134a, but it seemed to be pretty full already. Ugh.
Thats what mines been doing and is still, new compressor and still no cold air....
 
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Old May 23, 2008 | 10:47 AM
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Well that's not comforting, is it?
 
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