first off your charge is probably low with the compressor  running it should
be in-between the yellow and green  on the pressure meter if I remember
correctly low should between shift between 25 psi and 35  to 50 psi
approximately. good luck

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From: "B Feddish" <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 4:13 PM
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject:      Re: Darn AC! You've Foiled me again... I've got hot air

>>> I just dropped a grand into my AC system... two days before the engine
> went : (<<
>
>
> See what happens when you tempt fate?  I just disconnected 2 perfectly
> good
> hoses today to put on that AC belt and now I'm all worried about having
> "disturbed" the balance of the cooling system. ;)
>
>
>
> Bryan
>