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trucker40
07-05-2007 20:47:12
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Re: Saga of daughter's Taurus air conditioner in reply to Bob - MI, 07-04-2007 10:01:31
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As far as flushing the condensor is concerned,get a bottle of the right refrigerant oil,put it in the line on one side,you know quite a bit take other line off and blow it through there with compressed air.Just enough compressed air to blow the oil out the other line.Catch it in a clean pan,if pieces dont come out,I would guess its allright,If you cant blow through it,its probobly full of metal or something could be wrong with a line.If that checks out,I would put R134 in with a compressor from a salvage yard maybe if it was cheap,but I Might ask somebody about putting a seal in mine,or search around for a new one.Since its a Taurus maybe if you are lucky enough to have one of the old kinds,I think its called a York,you can probobly find one of those around 100 dollars,maybe less.I dont know what a drier would cost for it,but its a good idea to change it if its reasonably priced because if you break open the system,they claim you should change it,If the car is only a year or 2 from the junkyard,I might not.Still there is a chance that some junk may be in there and with what freon costs it might save you having to buy that 2 times.If you did all that its probobly going to cost 2 or 300 dollars,you still dont know if your 3way valve is allright or not,which may be the cause of the seal leaking if the pump is hammering away at a valve that wont open.If I was going to the junkyard for my parts I would get that one too.Most of my experience with an air conditioner is on big rigs,not even sure where a 3way valve is on a car,but it has to be in there with the heater core.Ive owned 3 Kenworths and had to replace the 3way valve on all of em.Dont seem to last but a couple of years but thats 300000 miles on a truck.If you do get the stuff at a junkyard look it over good for oil on it and dirt stuck to it.That doesnt mean its leaking for sure,but it probobly is. I sure think I would ask somebody if its possible to put that seal in myself,and what I need to do,and if I could borrow a special tool if I needed it to do that,or maybe see if I could find a car with all that stuff at a junkyard,but before I bought it,try putting some sealer in mine.If it works,could save you a lot.
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