So, Tony will it be a truck again! Heh, who knows you may stumble on another seven someday when you have some extra cash or less bills. Oh, thats right you never seem to have less bills, they reproduce too fast!

Terry7

 

Terry, the connector may have been unplugged on purpose by someone, if not the previous owner, to prevent the compressor from burning up when the defroster is turned on. Most modern cars are designed to turn on the AC with the defroster to help reduce the moisture in the air, whic works as long as you don't have the recirc turned on.

Sounds to me like you may have a leak somewhere in the system. Refrigerant doesn't just go out for no reason. It may be something as simple as new o-rings, but something probably has to be replaced, otherwise your new charge will leak out.

Any good AC shop will do a leak check before charging. Just be prepared for them to tell you some stupid bullshit about having to replace $800 or so in parts. They'll probably give you some line about having to replace your compressor and condenser. Common sense prevais: have them SHOW you the parts are indeed bad. Hoses are just about a given to be bad, though. The only thing that really needs to be changed when something leaks, besides the leaky part, of course, is the dryer. When exposed to air it will absorb moisture up to its saturation point, then the rest stays in your system. Not good. They may say they won't warranty the work without replacing the compressor.
If so, get a second opinion.

As for being out to sea, if you're looking for me in June, I'll be out to sea. If you're looking for me every other week from July 1 to August 31, I'll be out to sea. If in doubt, I'm probably, you guessed it, out to sea. FTN!!

Ren

 

That pressure switch was prorbably unplugged because you have zero freon in there and therefore zero pressure in the system. that also means that if there is any oil in the system that there is no way for it to circulate so you kinda need to unplug that pressure sensor unless you want to make a concious effort not to use the defroster.

also, the most common causes of a leak are rubbed lines, o-rings, condensor, evaporator, or condensor. which pretty much means that EVERYTHING is a possible leak. any shop should do a leak test with a halogen leak detector or a dye injection leak test. either way they should be able to show you without a doubt where the leak is coming from.

and like ren said, whenever you open the AC system you NEED to replace the dryer. once that descicant bag is exposed to moisture it is useless and water will kill an ac system.

if it does turn out to be a leak at the compressor make absolutely sure that they flush out all of the lines, condensor, and evaporator with the recommended flush before installing new parts. those minute metal shavings will stop up a brand new orifice tube and then you are back to square one. and for gods sake don;t go to a dumbass that will dump all of the oil in the dryer. the oil needs to be distributed even throughout the entire system to be effective.


just my $.02

George

 

Wow! This much responce and I never asked. Wonder if I started a thread for it if I would have gotten this kind of quality responce? Thanks guys, there is alot of stuff to concider here. All great!! I will keep you updated on the AC situation it isn't much of a priority right now.

Terry7

 

more than likely you would have gotten mediocre responses and the people with the real knowledge would dodge the thread due to flaming or some **** for having 'AC on a sports car' and all that crap.

everyone asks why this thread is still open....now ya know whenever we can help eachother out we try to do our best.

good luck with the AC and everything else. sounds like a nice project

 

and BTW, forgot to mention it before. DO NOT use the ore-packaged charge kits or refrigerant canisters you can buy at parts stores. with r134a, the charge weight is VERY VERY critical to proper performance. so there is no half-assing it.

and don't use any of the stop leak products. dont do it yourself and don;t let anyone else use it on your car. if you do, no one will ever want to work on your AC again. that sealant kills AC machines that do not have a third party filter.

just some hindsight info. lol

 

Great, thanks for the info, I think your right about the flaming and hassel I would have recieved. I drive my car for pleasure and it's sure nice to have that AC. I'm not twenty anymore. No bash there, I just wouldn't have cared at that time. Now I don't mind trading a little performance for comfort. I don't race it! Besides the mods I have more than make up for a little AC drain.

thanks again
Terry7

 

jeeez, long time no post!!! I've been busy, trying to get stuff done around here. I'm hopefully gunna get my dads truck george, there is a good possibility it might happen. I could get a new engine and then try to do some body work to it.

later, Joel

 

well good luck with that man. hope you can afford to put that liquid gold in teh gas tank

and BTW, GET ON THE RIGHT FRIGGIN NAME!!!

 

yeah, lol,m gas is getting outrageous. Its fricken the most ridicuklous thing ever, we cant go anywhere like we used to, it takes up gas and a lot of money. Chris is trying to find a car for gas mileage right now, his truck is only getting 15 mpg
later,Joel

 

Think gas is expensive here? Try going anywhere in Europe, Africa, or Asia...

Ren

 

i have no need to go toanother country. i like it here.....except for the overpopulated areas, lazy welfare ********, high taxation, liquor laws, gas prices, zoning regulations, the IRS......how do i get to those other countries?

 

everybody chime in with their local gas prices.....it is $1.95 for 87 here and $1.74 for diesel.

 

its 1.97 for 87 and thats all I remember

 

yall got this thread STILLLLLLLLL goin

 

$1.93 for 87, $2.03 for 89, $2.13 for 93, and $1.73 for Diesel.

I just got back from Seattle a couple of days ago, lowest prices I saw there was $2.32

 

me and chris are trying to find an audi a4 quattro 1.8t. we found one in high point for 7,500, we have to call for more details on it because we wanna know if its five speed or not. we are prolly gunna call tomorrow,but its kinda iffy considering its yellow and chris has a heavyfoot. e could prolly trade his truck in strait up for this car. wish us luck

Later

 

Well after months of trying to get rid of the car, it's officially gone. Was towed by the new owner on Saturday.......I dont miss it a bit. But have no fear I'm looking at FB's now.

 

well i can;t say much, my rex is still without a turbo due to time and money constraints. so i have her in storage under a very expensive car cover. lol



and if you guys get that audi be prepared for some expnsive bills if you ever have to start to replace parts. and also it is kind of limited as to where youc oudl have ti worked on if a problem came up because not many shops buy the vw/audi software for their scanners or trouble shooting equipment because it is seperate, expensive, and there isn;t much callign for it. so you might get stuck with taking it to a dealer. which means a lot of money.

just my $.02

George

 

nahh, we know a guy named scott that helped chris with senior project. he has a rotary shop in hampstead, and he works at German speed merchants, which they work on german cars. all the guys that work there have really quik ands nice audi's and vw's and some porches,and a few BMW's. so we have hook ups with that stuff. but I do understand where your talking expensive for parts and stuff.

Later,Joel

 

anyone that has been into cars will tell you that you should never base a decision on a "hook up"....just because you get a "hook up" now doesn;t mean it will last forever. and i can speak from experience that german cars are a pain in teh *** to work on sometimes.

 

German cars suck.....lol.....I am driving my brother's 92 VW Passat right now trying to sell it for him. I pray it wont break down before I get rid of it.

 

hahaha


i wouldn;t mind a VW with a diesel righ tnow. like a old rabbit. PIMP!!!

 

Yeah well it's gas.....and the prices here have come down a ton in the past week. Had like 4 people look at it, but on buyer yet.

 

holy crap, on page 3??????

you guys are slipping.

hell, i thought that even ren would post for old times sake at this point.