It calls for 23oz. I used every drop of two cans to compensate for the waste that remains in the hoses. I had to use a pot of HOT water to keep every ounce of refrigerant gaseous and under pressure so very little was left in the can. I also misted the condenser at the same time with water so it woul...

OH yeah.

At 90°F >50%H and in direct mid-day sun with windows down, the center vent temp is 52°F. With recirc off it can get to 58-60°. It got so frosty inside, my glasses fogged up as soon as I rolled the window down after sitting in it. When I noticed it lose its edge, in 98° days the vent temp would be ju...

Do you want to know how stupid I am? I was going to point everything out to the tech so he knew the whole story, and a few seconds in he touched the top of the fan shroud and tried squeezing it to move it forward, towards the cooling stack. There was a gap of nearly 3/4-1" between one corner of...

Ok I'll have Ford go at it with their diagnostics tree and a laser thermometer.

All parts were in Motorcraft boxes, including the condenser. All from different eBay vendors; all in the US and all with good ratings.

Damn.

The high-side port is on the hose between compressor and condenser. It's only 450 whenever I rev the engine. At idle it's 30PSI and 275PSI. Drops just around 250 if I hose it down. My problem is this: A. How can I test to be CERTAIN where EXACTLY the problem lies? I'm taking it to Ford tomorrow and ...

So revving the engine shouldn't cause an increase? Or how much increase is acceptable? I'm not convinced it's airflow. It's a new condenser, and when I pulled everything out I very thoroughly blasted the radiator clean with degreaser and high pressure water until I could see clearly through it and t...

Welp, things are screwed up again. Slowly I've lost that crisp coolness. At idle, my suction side gets to about 30PSI and the high side stays around 275PSI at 90ºf, windows up, recirc, with a cooling fan helping the condenser. If I rev to about 1,400 RPM the high side gets to 450PSI and low side may...

I do have some final questions. Whenever I put the new compressor on last year, the fan had quit cycling and the output went up to the end of the gauge, probably over 450psi. Would this have doomed the old compressor, driving like that for a day before realizing the engine was straining to turn the ...

The PO tried to repair a leaky evap core with stop leak and then...no wait that's all I think I need to say. I pulled the core and replaced it and several other parts. Combine contaminated system with Autozone compressor and here we are! Not as cold as the fancy new electric-compressors with variabl...