[V8] AC Failure

[Maurice Greven]

Jeremy.. At $300... You're buying 10% of my car... You should consider
that... with a super cold AC system and then you also get a really nice
parts car!!! Of course all the parts still function together as one unit
as well (even a better deal !!)

Maurice


> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces+maurice.greven=verizon.net at audifans.com 
> [mailto:v8-bounces+maurice.greven=verizon.net at audifans.com] 
> On Behalf Of Jeremy Ward
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 9:20 AM
> To: Scott Baumann / Progressive Technology Solutions; v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [V8] AC Failure
> 
> 
> Funny you should mention AC...  Mine has been down for a 
> while and I took it into the shop yesterday for a recharge; 
> mine seemed to be trying, but just couldn't do it.
> 
> They ended up replacing 'the filter' (?) and said it was full 
> of metal shavings.  Said it didn't take much R12, but they 
> are waiting on a new AC clutch relay to arrive this morning 
> (I am currently sitting at a $300
> bill...)
> 
> You might check out Chris Miller's site: 
> http://members.aol.com/c1j1miller/climate.html
> 
> You can pull codes from the climate control unit ('90-'91 
> only) to see if there are any errors.  Hold down the Outside 
> Temp and the Off button. Mine was scrolling between 09 and 16 
> and the relay was clicking on and off.  Lets hope the new 
> relay fixes it and my bill stays at $300.
> 
> Hope the link helps,
> 
> - Jeremy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Scott Baumann / 
> Progressive Technology Solutions
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 8:58 AM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: [V8] AC Failure
> 
> Hello to all.  After some 80K miles of hard travel in the 
> past 1.5 years with the old V8, she finally has come up with 
> a failure (beyond normal maintenance, that is!) that needs to 
> be addressed.  I parked her in her stall for the night (run 
> hard & put away wet?) with a fully functional AC system, as 
> cold as I could ever ask it to be.  
>     The next morning, my wife took a trip into the Twin 
> Cities and back
> - pretty warm out - about 85 Deg F or so - and she came home 
> & remarked that the AC was not working.  Strange.  Took her 
> out for a spin to see for myself.  Sure enough - the 
> compressor is not willing to kick in. The downside on this 
> system is that, when the kompressor is kaput, there is no 
> real fresh air source to the cabin that does not see a temp 
> rise from theh engine/climate control system.  Makes for a warm drive!
>     I have done some limited research in the archives (all 6 
> months worth), without much success.  One thing I will try is 
> to splice the relay conn's to see if the compressor kicks on 
> (I believe that bypasses the high/low press and high temp 
> cutout switches).  If the compressor does indeed kick into 
> service, I suspect that means that either I have experienced 
> a bizarre leakage of R12, or one of the various switches is shot.
>     Any BTDT's on trouble-shooting the V8 AC systems??
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Scott Baumann
> 
>     
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