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- From: bdl@cruiser.uucp (Bob Lombard)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: SHO air conditioner
- Keywords: low a/c
- Message-ID: <HcXmqB3w164w@cruiser.uucp>
- Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 08:39:28 PDT
- References: <4SEP92.13074304@verbis.waisman.wisc.edu>
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- stanford@verbis.waisman.wisc.edu writes:
-
- >
- > The air conditioning in my Taurus SHO (1990) recently decided to
- > no longer produce cold air. Thinking perhaps that a slow leak had developed
- > (I noticed it at the beginning of summer when it had not been asked to
- > produce cold air for some time), I recharged the system with R12. All was
- > well for a short time (about 3 weeks) but now it, again, produces air that
- > is only slightly cooler than ambient.
-
- I had a similar problem in my Volvo, turned out to be plugged Drier.
- (Looks like a 6-10" long cylinder, in the refrigerent line) If there
- isn't a slow leak, this is probably it. Unfortunately, to change it
- requires a vacuum pump to evacuate the system prior to recharging. An
- item that even the *most well equipped* home mechanic probably ain't got.
-
- I took mine to an independent A/C & Radiator shop, diagnoses & repair
- was a grand total of $100, including parts/labor.
-
- Good Luck
-
-
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