[s-cars] A/C Trials and Tribulations......Solved!

[Jim Fleischer]

Hey guys,

Hopefully this helps someone else out......not sure if this was a coincidence or what, but at the same time I was having difficulty with having the A/C compressor engage, my MFTS temp sensor was also giving me the flashing temp light in the instrument cluster.....my tech was able to get the compressor to engage through the relay, so we thought maybe the CC unit wasnt working properly.  No codes were present, except for the Temp Sensor, which I already knew about.  As luck would have it, my sensor came in from Chris Semple @ Force 5 today (thanks Chris!) and I dropped it off to have my tech put it in while he had the car.  Well, as soon as he got it hooked up properly, everything worked!  No flashing light, cold A/C, and the recirc flap opens and closes.  So, my thought is that the Temp Sensor would not allow the A/C compressor to engage, thinking there was already a overheating situation going on.  Is this a plausible reason, or did I just get lucky?

HTH

Jim Fleischer
'95 s6 avant blowin' cold