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Old 08-01-2010, 05:29 PM
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Took a trip to southern I'll this weekend, and on the return the AC lost pressure in the blower, almost non existent. There were A LOT of gravel roads we were on, would the cabin filters clog from this loosing pressure?
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Old 08-02-2010, 09:16 AM
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Weird, I let the car sit for an hour and the pressure came back. Frozen coils? I dunno, sorry for the wasted space.
 
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Old 08-02-2010, 07:30 PM
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You mean the A/C lost pressure as in you have a leak in your system or lost pressure as in it stopped blowing air? Two completely different things. I've never heard anyone describe stopped blowing air as a loss in pressure.
If that is what you mean did it stop completely or stop blowing cold or just really weak?
 
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Old 08-03-2010, 04:07 PM
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sounds to me like the evap had froze
 
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Old 08-03-2010, 06:05 PM
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The vents were blowing weakly, sorry for my confusing terminology. Same diff though..
 
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Old 08-03-2010, 06:08 PM
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and thats the type of "description" us techs hate
 
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Old 08-04-2010, 10:48 AM
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Probably not the evap then. But you can go ahead and replace that. Same diff.

Does the flow change if you set the fan to low or high? If nothing is changing it may be stuck on low. Not sure if these are electric switches or vacuum switches.

If there's a slight change it could be the cabin filter.
 
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Old 08-04-2010, 06:29 PM
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The problems gone now that the car sat and thawed out.
The level/zone switch is vacuum and the fan is electric.

And finally, get off my back, when a fan blows through a vent/tube, it creates "pressure", therefore if something is blocking this forementioned airflow, it creates a "lack" in this "pressure".

And when I mention "blower" and "cabin-filter" you should automatically know what I'm talking about.

So kiss my A!
 
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Old 08-04-2010, 07:12 PM
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its creates flow, like an oil pump creates flow *picking a fight*
 
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Old 08-05-2010, 01:12 PM
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You've gone from suck to blow.
 


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