Brien;
I just dropped a grand into my AC system... two days before the engine went
: (

I read somewhere on the list last week or so one of those bits on
information you only run across here: compressors have a shelf life of 18
months. I know that if they are not run during the winter, they seem to give
a lot more trouble when the weather gets warm.

Jim

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 2:03 PM, B Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote:

> OK, the new belt is on. That was a PITA.  OK, the belt broke itself off
> last
> year and I had not gotten around to replacing it.  Where I last left off
> last year I had a leak of the refrigerant.  I had placed some of that leak
> sealer in there last I remember. Well, when I checked the pressure
> yesterday
> the refrigerant was at above the green and into the yellow (caution).
> Anyway, I started the van (bled the air out of the cooling system first)
> and
> the compressor kicks on. The rear AC unit fan back there blowing (and
> blowing out the mouse nests) but the air is warm still. If I up the revs
> the
> compressor sounds noisy. The compressor has really never been used though
> it
> is 8 years old.  Do I have a bad compressor OR is there some other item to
> look at?
>
> I bought this van back in '96 because it had AC and I've been determined to
> fix it since then. :(
>
> Bryan
>