Don't forget that part of A/C servicing is vacuuming out the accumulated
water, not just recharging refrigerant. If the accumulator gets filled,
the
system gets very unhappy (leading to A/C death...).
"Bill" <vfo22@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>I charged it this week, but havent had to for I believe about 3 years
> now. It's something I've done in the past, but this time the noise.
>
>
> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:27:36 GMT, "Daniel Who Wants to Know"
> <danielthechskid@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>"Bill" <vfo22@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>news:480be64f.109516513@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Has anyone had their AC compressor go bad on these vans? Just using
>>> the AC after recharging (got low over winter), as I've done before.
>>> But, now when the AC is turned on, the compressor makes a grinding
>>> noise that sounds like the bearings, or something like that. I've
>>> owned this van since '99, and havent had a problem like this before.
>>> Anyone?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bill
>>>
>>
>>How often do you have to recharge? To me more often than every few years
>>is
>>not normal. You have 2 distinct possibilities here:
>>
>>1. Oil is lost with the refrigerant as it seeps out so too many
>>refrigerant
>>only charges without adding the proper oil for your system will result
in
>>the compressor being oil starved and damaged.
>>
>>2. You have massively overcharged the system and the noise you are
hearing
>>is actually liquid refrigerant slugging the compressor. Not sure how
>>likely
>>this is on a Chrysler expansion valve (TXV/TEV) system.
>>
>>
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