A/C (wasRe: tempurature light)

["Rick Lackner" <hugacub@mail.whidbey.net>]

On 15 Aug 97 at 23:13, Joshua D Johnson wrote:

> my a/c compressor does not even kick in!  I was looking in the
> bentley's today and it said to look in glass window on some
> cannister (I'm to tired to look) and it said that if there were
> bubbles in the window then the freon was low and the low pressure
> switch would not allow the a/c to come on and if the window was
> streaked then the thing was completely empty, well mine had bubbles
> in it so I think that it's just low and won't let my compressor come
> on.

There will be no bubbles in the sight glass on the reciever/dryer 
unless the compressor is running.  If your compressor isn't running, 
don't bother to look for the dryer.  It's located beneath the 
windshield washer resevoir BTW.  

Check to see if you have power to the compressor with a test lite 
first.  On mine the connector on the compressor was disconnected and 
also one of the wires to the pressure relief valve was off.  The 
ground wire at the rear of the compressor was also off.  If all the 
wires are connected, check the relay and fuse.  

If you are getting power and the compressor doesn't run, then a low 
charge of freon could be keeping it from running.  The only real way 
to tell for sure is to test the pressure in the system wih gauges or 
put a can of freon in and see if it kicks in.  HTH

Rick    
hugacub@whidbey.net
Richard.Lackner@entex.com
85 Scirocco 8V  Wolfsburg
Everett, WA
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