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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 01:55 AM
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Ac/tranny smoke

ok so today i was driving any my ac started to have cold white smoke comming out of it kinda like mist looking.. turned my ac off and some hot smoke that smelt funny started comming out of my shift boot..

turned the car off and let it sit at home for a few hours.. drove it for awhile and it was fine.. idk wtf it is...
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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 07:02 AM
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If the setting was on outside air, try setting the A/C on recirculate to eliminate the vapor.
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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 07:39 AM
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your talking about your a/c compressor right?

that cold white mist is probably just refrigerant leaking out of your compressor
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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 02:19 PM
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idk.. it was comming out of the ac vent.. then when i turned it off.. a diffrent hot smoke was comming out of my shift boot..
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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 03:52 PM
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Well, for one, now you know the shifter boot leaks. But I don't see how smoke from below the car would relate the A/C system, unless it was somehow caused by the compressor. For the white mist, I'd also have to guess it might be refrigerant leaking into the system. If it is, then breathing it in is not going to be good for you.

Here's part of the MSDS for Freon / R-12:
================================================== =========================
Health Hazard Data
================================================== =========================
LD50-LC50 Mixture: DuPont's Freon (TM) "115" 800,000 PPM/"22" 220,000 PPM
Route Of Entry - Inhalation: YES
Route Of Entry - Skin: YES
Route Of Entry - Ingestion: NO
Health Haz Acute And Chronic: OVEREXPOSURE BY INHALATION MAY INCLUDE DISCOMFORT-
NAUSEA/HEADACHE/WEAKNESS/TEMP NERV SYS DEPRESS W/ANESTHETIC EFFECTS LIKE
DIZZINESS/CONFUSION/INCOORDINATION/LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS OR W/GROSS
OVEREXPOS (>20%), POSS TEMP ALTERATION OF THE HEART'S ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY
W/IRREG PULSE/PALPITATIONS/INADEQ CIRCULATION. MISUSE: DEATH.#

Carcinogenicity - NTP: NO
Carcinogenicity - IARC: NO
Carcinogenicity - OSHA: NO
Emergency/First Aid Proc: INHAL: IMMED GET FRESH AIR. KEEP CALM. IF BREATH
STOP, GIVE ARTIF RESP/IF DIFFICULT, GIVE OXYGEN. CALL DR. SKIN: CLEAN SKIN
AFTER USE. EYE: IMMED FLUSH W/WATER. CALL DR. "NOTES TO PHYSICIAN":
BECAUSE
OF POSSIBLE DISTURBANCES OF CARDIAC RHYTHM, CATECHOLAMINE DRUGS, SUCH AS
EPINEPHRINE, SHOULD BE USED WITH SPECIAL CAUTION ONLY IN SITUATIONS OF
EMERGENCY LIFE SUPPORT.
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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 11:27 PM
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yeah.. im fucked.. if the gas fumes and exhaust fumes wont get me the ac will...
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