'87 4kq: A/C: good as it gets?

[David.Ullrich at ferguson.com]

As long as it WAS NOT converted to R134a, you should be getting vent temps of 38-46 degrees depending on ambient temps. It can take a while to get that low, but it should get there. It should get down to 50 degrees within about 5 minutes if ambient temps are close to 80 and the car is NOT in the sun and ALL doors are open (as per Bentley manual). Hint: DO NOT CONVERT YOUR 4K To R134a!!!!!!!!

Dave

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-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Buc [mailto:abuc at attglobal.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 2:59 PM
To: Quattro List
Subject: '87 4kq: A/C: good as it gets?


My 4kq is the first car I've had w/air conditioning, and I live in a climate
where I don't often need to use it, so I don't know how much to expect of the
AC. But on a recent road trip, I would have liked to be a bit cooler.

I recently drove up from Seattle to Vancouver, B.C., and back a few days later.
I'd guesstimate that ambient temp was 80F, maybe a few degrees higher. The air
coming from the center dash vent was somewhat cooler than ambient, but an
Arctic blast it definitely wasn't. Presumably I would have been warmer w/o the
AC, but as I said, I was still slightly uncomfortable.

Is this as good as it gets? If not, what are the first things to check, and
roughly what might it set me back to fix them? TIA