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Old 11-04-2009, 05:22 PM
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TX AC help, half warm half cold. Help.

Okay so its been cool so i haven't used the AC much but today at lunch it was hot so I turned it on and the vents on the left side were blowing warm (almost cool, but not quite) but the right side vents were cold as normal.

I tried searching for a diagram of the AC system but couldn't find it. Any ideas?
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wow, you got something new everyday do ya ?

sorry, no idea
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What happens when you close the vents on the right side?
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Originally Posted by JinDesu
What happens when you close the vents on the right side?

The left is still warm. Although the middle right one cannot be closed.
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maybe you have a hole somewhere in there? so the engine "heat" affect the vents?

or maybe the heat-exchanger got some **** thats blocking flow ?

Take the glove box away and check that area first maybe ?
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set you search engine in advance search to any date. do a search for it..

it was a know problem, but did not happen often.. i think there was a tsb for it.

if you dont find it send me a pm an i will try to hunt it down..

was an issue in 05.

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known problem ? ... really ...

damn Im a n00b.
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Thanks Swoope!!!! Found it!!

http://www.finishlineperformance.com...02-04-1338.pdf

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Yours is a 04? I didnt know that. keep on thinking you got a 05.

Hmm ... I never got that problem
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Holy Fawk $$$$

The AC amplifier is $663.00.

Nope, mine is a 2004. Wow I have had this car a while now.

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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
Holy Fawk $$$$

The AC amplifier is $663.00.

Nope, mine is a 2004. Wow I have had this car a while now.
yea, the amplifier is #@$)*#@4 expensive.

Its just a small piece of **** ... blah, electronic crap cost more ?

Get it used ---- Junk yard ppl probably gonna sell one to you for maybe 20 bux (cuz they dont know how much they worth ... I think
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Yeah, I'm gonna call around.
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I had the same problem about six months ago, it wasn't the AC amplifier. The freon was low. I bought a can of freon with leak sealer and that sloved the problem.
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Originally Posted by LFRx8
I had the same problem about six months ago, it wasn't the AC amplifier. The freon was low. I bought a can of freon with leak sealer and that sloved the problem.
if thats the case, I would try to find the leak and replace the part.

Cuz leak sealer means it will leak again ---- its just a temporary solution.

When I got my FC it has a horrible leak. Its a pain to trace it down, the hole is at like the very bottom corner of the condenser. Cant even see it with UV dye and I keep saying wtf to myself. Took me couple of days to finally see that leak with UV dye, replaced, took the compressor out, flush 3 times, check, bleed, and finally add freon again, ice cold A/C (Freeze12/R12 rox, ******* hate R134a)
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