Random A/C Purge
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Random A/C Purge
Had this happen for the second time- last time was about 2 months ago - same situation both times and it happened again today. I drove about 3 miles from home with ac on lowest blower setting and recirc, about 80-90 degrees outside, when in park with the truck running idle for about 5 minutes with Ac on suddenly a loud sound comes from the engine bay. After shutting the truck down quickly and getting it back home I crawled under and noticed a spray/drops on stabilizers under ac compressor. First time i checked the dryer for pressure with a cheapo set of gauges and it read high- I released some freon out and have used it without issue for 2months since until today. When I checked pressure today it was fine. Last summer I installed new compressor, dryer, and orfice tube. Any thoughts? I understand the compressor does this so it doesn't break under high pressure but how can I prevent this from happening again? When I got it home today I let it run for about 15 mins in the driveway to recreate the situation but of course was unsuccessful- I have read about putting fans on condenser to increase air flow but that seems to be more for lack of cold blowing ac- mine blows cold already
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I have noticed my fan kick on before but haven't noticed it enough to know if it does it all the time. With the slim fan did you need to do any trimming to fit it behind the grill? Also what's the best way to wire it? I would imagine I would just want it to kick on only when running AC- thanks for the info- you always have the answer
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