If it's icing up, your system is not working correctly.  There should be a
temp sensor wire that runs from the expansion valve and drops through an
opening to the evaporator.  The expansion valve should restrict the flow of
freon when the temperature nears freezing.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Bob Stevens
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 2:50 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: ICE cold air!

Turn the thermostat down to about half way. Keep adjusting until you find
the air OK. No need to have it on "full Arctic" if not needed, and the ice
is probably telling you that.

Bob Stevens
'87 Syncro Westy
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Just got back from a trip to NC from Orlando.  AC worked great on the way
up, but on the way back I was getting pretty toasty, it seemed like the fan
wasn't pushing the air all the way to the front.

When I got home and opened the back hatch, I found that the air intake for
the AC was half covered with ice about 1/2 inch thick!

Is there a cure for this?  It sure would have been nice if I had been
benefitting from all that air that was cold enough to freeze water!

deb
'85 Westy "Gypsy"
Orlando

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