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Temperature is about 95 here but that's no hotter than it's been all summer. Compressor runs as expected.
Coldest I'm getting at an AC vent w/ it running at full blast is 70. I have a simple gauge that goes on the low side and it's showing about 65 PSI while it's running which is supposedly "overcharged". My truck at the same ambient temperature blows 60 degrees.
The van is an '07 with 60k mi and as far as I know has never had freon added. I have had it since 28k and I definitely haven't added any. So, I doubt that it's truly overcharged.
I was out of ideas so I vented a little of the charge. This only had a temporary effect on the low side pressure and made the output temperature rise a few degrees higher permanently.
Would this likely be a compressor issue or some kind of clog in the refrigerant path? Any other ideas? I really hate having to turn my vehicles over to a mechanic.
I will be pretty unimpressed if the compressor is bad at this age/mileage. Would a compressor typically "fade" like this while still functioning enough to create 70 degree air?
Thanks,
Jeff
Coldest I'm getting at an AC vent w/ it running at full blast is 70. I have a simple gauge that goes on the low side and it's showing about 65 PSI while it's running which is supposedly "overcharged". My truck at the same ambient temperature blows 60 degrees.
The van is an '07 with 60k mi and as far as I know has never had freon added. I have had it since 28k and I definitely haven't added any. So, I doubt that it's truly overcharged.
I was out of ideas so I vented a little of the charge. This only had a temporary effect on the low side pressure and made the output temperature rise a few degrees higher permanently.
Would this likely be a compressor issue or some kind of clog in the refrigerant path? Any other ideas? I really hate having to turn my vehicles over to a mechanic.
I will be pretty unimpressed if the compressor is bad at this age/mileage. Would a compressor typically "fade" like this while still functioning enough to create 70 degree air?
Thanks,
Jeff