im wonder how strong your cars blow the A/C. compared to other cars, it doesnt seem that strong, but it can blow out some ice cold air. could it be that my car isnt blowing a lot of air out because there too much 134a in the piping making it kinda struggle?
when I first got my car a year ago I couldnt stand how strong the ac was. i would turn it on and have it blow at the lowest setting and i would be freezing in minutes. I gave up and just left the windows open, its more fun like that ne way. now when I use it it seems a little weaker, or else I just got use to it... i did go from a black POS 90 suv w/o AC at all to a White Prelude :P
curious, does the a/c use that freon stuff or is this after they stopped making it? I know my friend has a early 90s accord and he had to find someone with a can of freon cuz its illegal now. Whats the new thing that gets done, charging the AC?
Mine works but really is not that cold .. actually it doesnt really work ... I was going to Shuswap lake in BC and it was like 30somethin degrees out (for all you yankee folk that is 90 degrees) the air cond on was blowing hot air .. it worked the other night but it was cooler out .. same with last night.
I adjusted my heater cable as it came loose in winter time so it wuldnt go all the way to warm, meaning it wasn't actually all the way to cold when the slider was waay to cold. Any ideas on this?
Originally posted by 94LOOD IIIIIIIIIII still can figure out how to wire my ac compressor after i installed my jdm CC and replaced a new compressor..........
In the first post on the top of that page (4) by Scalifludesi tells you how you can test your A/C compressor without hooking it up the the JDM CC. Also read the last few post of the 3rd page there is some good info in there. Also I was wondering have you swapped the A/C thermostat with the evaporator sensor?
If you still have problems, email me and we'll try to find a time to meet on MSN, AIM or IRC or even in the PO.com chat room (Is it still online?) Or I could give you my number and you could give me a call this weekend and I'll try to help you out with this.
Originally posted by neldogg old stuff is r12, it's not illegal, just really really really expensive. new stuff is called r134a, much cheaper.
yeah, but the conversion kit is a bit pricey, as I recall.
It's not like compressors are "bound to fail" on our cars, they go on all aged cars, just a matter of time, that's all. Mine is still cold, but I hate how much life it sucks out of my engine lol, so I never use it, although I've been told it's better to use it once in a while just to keep things moving.
Mine was working ok until today. Its about 95° out with a heat index of about 102° and humitity at around 70%+. my rear brakes are bad and I have no AC...I HATE driving my car right now.
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well, my a/c wasnt working well either when i bought the car. infact, it wasnt working at all. all the piping had to be replaced, but now it blows ice cold. the question i have is, how hard does your a/c blow? not refering to temperature of the air, the actually amount of air it blows out. is it very strong or kinda weak? and does it take off more power from you engine the colder you set the a/c to? or it takes the same amount of power from the engine regardless of what you set the temp to?
idk if something is wrong with my unit... or the pully thing on the firewall (outside of car).. but when i move my hot/cold slider to cold, it has alot of tension, and snaps back to hot... i think the pully thing on the firewall is cooroded or something
Originally posted by MidNiteMysT well, my a/c wasnt working well either when i bought the car. infact, it wasnt working at all. all the piping had to be replaced, but now it blows ice cold. the question i have is, how hard does your a/c blow? not refering to temperature of the air, the actually amount of air it blows out. is it very strong or kinda weak? and does it take off more power from you engine the colder you set the a/c to? or it takes the same amount of power from the engine regardless of what you set the temp to?
the actual amount of air it blows out is controlled by your blower, it's not really A/C related. The actual A/C system doesn't blow the air by itself. When you turn the fan to full speed with A/C on or not the circulating air should be the same or roughly. (Colder air is more dense or whatever )
As for the temperature, it still doesn't have anything to do with A/C (well almost). The A/C compressor only as one speed, the temperature is controlled with the flaps in your heater unit and the water valve.
So doesn't matter how hot or cold you set it to, it's gonna rob the same amount of power from your engine.
Originally posted by preludatic idk if something is wrong with my unit... or the pully thing on the firewall (outside of car).. but when i move my hot/cold slider to cold, it has alot of tension, and snaps back to hot... i think the pully thing on the firewall is cooroded or something
What do you mean with pully thing on the firewall? do you mean the cable and water valve mechanism? Seems to me like you have a cable that's not attached right or something. There are 2 cables you should check.
First one is under the passenger side of the dash, and goes to the right side of heater unit underneat it. That's where mine was giving me trouble. the plastic surrounding of the cable was ripped and the cable wouldn't stay in the clip well so I put some electrical tape to get the cable to the right thickness so it hold well in the clip. The other side of the cable goes to the climate control unit.
The second cable goes through the firewall to your water valve and the heater unit. Make sure it's tight in the clips also.
Don't force your slider too much because you can create a kink in the cable.
[QUOTE=Forbidden]the actual amount of air it blows out is controlled by your blower, it's not really A/C related. The actual A/C system doesn't blow the air by itself. When you turn the fan to full speed with A/C on or not the circulating air should be the same or roughly. (Colder air is more dense or whatever )QUOTE]
o ok, then i correct myself. replace A/C with blower. does your blowers blow alot of air or is it kinda weak?
the actual amount of air it blows out is controlled by your blower, it's not really A/C related. The actual A/C system doesn't blow the air by itself. When you turn the fan to full speed with A/C on or not the circulating air should be the same or roughly. (Colder air is more dense or whatever )QUOTE]
o ok, then i correct myself. replace A/C with blower. does your blowers blow alot of air or is it kinda weak?
Well I don't know what's your definition of blowing a lot of air but at full speed it's blowing strong enough and I can definitely see a difference between the speeds.
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