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RE: Re: snap, crackle and pop?
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- Subject: RE: Re: snap, crackle and pop?
- From: FMARTIN <fmartin@ithaca.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 10:53:28 -0400 (EDT)
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>Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 11:26:26 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>
>Subject: Re: snap, crackle and pop?
>
>Hairy green toads from Mars made Phil and Judy Rose say:
>
>> When the AC first turns on, my '89 100 sounds like I'm driving in the
>> middle of a bowl of Rice Crispies! During the initial minute or two after
>> the compressor cycles on, (almost *before* any cool air begins to come
out...
>>
>> Surely this a thermal expansion (contraction) thing? Problem is that it
>> happens so quickly, and it doesn't seem to be coming from the dash or
>> engine area where you'd think that sorta stuff would be localized. Anyone
>> else hear these AC-related sounds?
>
>Yup, in my '89 100Q. I chalked it up to the flaps opening, closing,
>seating, whatever. I have learned to ignore it.
>
>Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7) duane@zk3.dec.com
Ditto. I've heard this in my 100Q. I'm sure that's what it is, thermal
expansion (or contraction) of the tubes that direct the hot or cold air
wherever, the noise coming especially at their mounts or connections. Goes
away quickly.
Frank M.
'89 100Q
'88 Mazda 323 GTX