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AC Charging
Monday, July 25, 2005 3:26 PM
Ok so i have the recharge kit, and the coolant. I Hook the Collant can up to the acces port(Blue Cap) and turn the engine on and AC on high and nothing, i let it run for 5 minutes with everything hooked up and the can is still full. DId i miss a step?



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Re: AC Charging
Monday, July 25, 2005 4:14 PM
First it's refrigerant.

Second: the a/c compressor will not cycle if the pressure is too low. So you have to jump the relay. Take a paper clip and and go from one side to the other. the switched side. This will cycle the compressor.




My Car
Re: AC Charging
Monday, July 25, 2005 4:29 PM
Sunfires rule! (Tom) wrote:First it's refrigerant.

Second: the a/c compressor will not cycle if the pressure is too low. So you have to jump the relay. Take a paper clip and and go from one side to the other. the switched side. This will cycle the compressor.



sorry, im dumb, where do i do that



2007 GM Tuner Bash...HELL YEA
PA,MD,NJ,DE,NY and all states north caravan
Re: AC Charging
Monday, July 25, 2005 4:35 PM
In the engine comp. there is a fuse box. take the cover off and locate the a/c compressor relay. black square looking thing. look at the relay and see which wires are normally closed. like below. Connect those together with a paper clip with the a/c turned on.

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My Car
Re: AC Charging
Monday, July 25, 2005 5:09 PM
Re: AC Charging
Monday, July 25, 2005 8:36 PM
thats weird the stuff in the can is under pressure, I remember changing the AC in my old grand prix the stuff went in and then my compressor turned on. Maybe you don't have your valve open lol?
Re: AC Charging
Tuesday, July 26, 2005 1:04 PM
yeah, the cans are under pressure. Just follow the instructions.


My Car
Re: AC Charging
Tuesday, July 26, 2005 1:48 PM
Its a scrader valve, all you gotta do is everything you said above and push down Like as if you need to fill i bike tire.




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Re: AC Charging
Tuesday, July 26, 2005 4:06 PM
What I was trying to say above is that I didn't have to put any jumpers on the low pressure switch on the grand prix, the stuff is pressurized so it'll just go in and the computer will realize the pressure and turn on the compressor.
Re: AC Charging
Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:30 AM
maybe you filled the wrong pipe....the out not the in



Re: AC Charging
Wednesday, July 27, 2005 10:08 AM
no it was the low pressure side, the side that you are supposed to fill it at.

Re: AC Charging
Wednesday, July 27, 2005 1:08 PM
it wouldn't go on the high side if it wanted too.


My Car
Re: AC Charging
Wednesday, July 27, 2005 1:14 PM
^^^my stepdads jeep had identical fittins on noth sides.....alost killed himself cause he didnt read teh big red tag



Re: AC Charging
Wednesday, July 27, 2005 3:04 PM
^^ that would be an r12 system then. What year was his jeep?


My Car
Re: AC Charging
Wednesday, July 27, 2005 3:57 PM
Maybe the car is full and that is why its not taking any refrigerant?Either that or you might be doing something wrong.The compressor doesnt have to be on when you recharge it.Id check for a disconnected plug on the compressor or on the evaporator.And if you have to fill it up,it takes 1.5 lbs of refrigerant.


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Re: AC Charging
Tuesday, August 02, 2005 9:58 AM
Sunfires rule! (Tom) wrote:^^ that would be an r12 system then. What year was his jeep?

dont remeber...it ws totalled in the winter a long tim ago....some (sexist statement ut it was true) woman who couldnt drive was crusing the other way on the highway, somehow jumped the guard rail and smashed the drivers side in about 6 inches.



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