Before I get anything fixed, everything is going to be broken and Im going to end up replacing everything!
It started with the compressor making rattling noises occasionally. It hasnt made it for some time but it never was consistent. I checked and adjusted the clutch with no change. Still dont know if it wants replaced or not.
Then it was not working worth [censored] last year, so I bought a set of gauges and filled her up. It was nearly flat.
Couple months later it wasnt working again, so I filled it up again and bought a UV flashlight to look for the leak. Found a crack in the condenser so I started acquiring the tools to replace it.
Today I was putting it on ramps. As I was giving it some gas to get up them, smoke started rolling out of the hood. Key off, popped the hood. The smoke was coming off the passenger manifold and the starter was wet. I thought it looked like coolant. I couldnt figure it out, and I was halfway up the ramps so I didnt feel comfortable getting under it.
I started it back up and got it on the ramps proper with no further trouble.
I still couldnt figure out what was going on once I got under it. I thought it was a bad external headgasket leak. I started it up again and revved it from under the hood, what do you know, but the high pressure relief on the back of the compressor [censored] and there was the smoke.
I shut the A/C off and grabbed the gauges. After they were hooked up, I monitored the pressures. They were 35/185@75F ambient with MAX A/C, full fan and all the doors open. I gave it some gas, the high side started flying up toward 400 before the compressor unlatched. Which makes me think it was opening for a reason, but then after that it relieved once at about 225psi and another time at around 300 so I dont know if its a bad valve since the Ford spec is it to open between 550-600psi.
It started with the compressor making rattling noises occasionally. It hasnt made it for some time but it never was consistent. I checked and adjusted the clutch with no change. Still dont know if it wants replaced or not.
Then it was not working worth [censored] last year, so I bought a set of gauges and filled her up. It was nearly flat.
Couple months later it wasnt working again, so I filled it up again and bought a UV flashlight to look for the leak. Found a crack in the condenser so I started acquiring the tools to replace it.
Today I was putting it on ramps. As I was giving it some gas to get up them, smoke started rolling out of the hood. Key off, popped the hood. The smoke was coming off the passenger manifold and the starter was wet. I thought it looked like coolant. I couldnt figure it out, and I was halfway up the ramps so I didnt feel comfortable getting under it.
I started it back up and got it on the ramps proper with no further trouble.
I still couldnt figure out what was going on once I got under it. I thought it was a bad external headgasket leak. I started it up again and revved it from under the hood, what do you know, but the high pressure relief on the back of the compressor [censored] and there was the smoke.
I shut the A/C off and grabbed the gauges. After they were hooked up, I monitored the pressures. They were 35/185@75F ambient with MAX A/C, full fan and all the doors open. I gave it some gas, the high side started flying up toward 400 before the compressor unlatched. Which makes me think it was opening for a reason, but then after that it relieved once at about 225psi and another time at around 300 so I dont know if its a bad valve since the Ford spec is it to open between 550-600psi.
