AC issues

[ben916]

so Chris, is there anything that others can do to perhaps stave off a $2k repair?

[Brav]

so Chris, is there anything that others can do to perhaps stave off a $2k repair?

Not sure, after 150k miles maybe it was due. Mechanic said that dead fan probably over stressed the system, and also last service I got didn't add oil with freon or wvac which probably led to the failure. So the lesson is to check fans and properly service the A/C.

[hahnmgh63]

Yea, it would be better to overfill the A/C oil rather than underfill it. When you bleed or evacuate the system a certain amount of the oil always escapes with the refrigerant so some oil will always need to be added, how much is an unknown so you pretty much have to take a chance but were talking ounces here so too much is better than too little.

[Chung]

To replace the front aux fan does the coolant need to be evacuated? I may try replacing the fan myself if not.

[Brav]

Are you talking about engine coolant or freon? Yes to engine coolant (service position, have to pull bumper way far forward to get access) and no to freon.

[Chung]

yeah, I said coolant and I meant Freon. For the engine coolant, is it ok to just reuse the coolant if you have clean container to put it in. Seems like a waste to drain it perfectly good coolant.

[kday]

Depends on what perfectly good coolant is... if it was flushed and refilled last week, yeah, I'd try to recover it. A partial drain/fill last year? Probably worth adding new.

[Chung]

I had the coolant drained and redone in Feb with my oil cooler pipe replacement.