'05 RL w/165K miles. My wife's car that I very rarely drive.
A/C was working perfect then compressor locked up & killed the motor. Come to find out the shaft on the pulley locked up then broke & contaminated the system. My mechanic flushed the system (said it had a bunch of trash in the system) & replaced the compressor, expansion valve & drier. After that the A/C wouldn't get very cold & come to find out the condenser was clogged so he flushed the system again & replaced the condenser. After all this, w/ambient temp. of 80-85*, it would still only blow ~50* going down the road but if I stopped @ a red light it'd blow ~20* warmer before the light turned green. Mechanic said this is how this system is designed, that it isn't an efficient system & that's just how it is even though before the compressor broke( & last summer) it worked great (& was waaaay colder). Why would it do this if it had all new equipt., both fans run when A/C is turned on & correct amount of refrigerant????
**Next question & newest scenario**
Today it was 98* outside. Going down the highway, after driving for 20 miles, it was blowing @ 55* doing 70mph. Stop @ a red light & it got up to 77*. In my driveway it was blowing 78* & when I sprayed the condenser w/water hose it went down 13* in 20 seconds. Then I noticed radiator fan would kick on every so often but condenser fan never did! **This was NOT the problem before because we know for a fact both fans came on as soon as A/C was turned on.**
I checked for 12+V all thru the wiring & had good voltage coming out of the female plug that the condenser fan plugs into. Tried running straight off + & - battery to fan & it still didn't work. Also, the radiator fan doesn't run 100% of the time w/the A/C on like it did prior. My question here is does it sound like it's just the A/C condenser fan motor I need or is it something more?
Last question so I can tell my mechanic:
what temp does your A/C blow sitting @ idle in the sun when it's 90*+ outside & what's it blow going down the highway?
I've already spent over $1,100 on this & still don't have a working A/C. I'm @ my wits end so PLEASE HELP me!!!!
A/C was working perfect then compressor locked up & killed the motor. Come to find out the shaft on the pulley locked up then broke & contaminated the system. My mechanic flushed the system (said it had a bunch of trash in the system) & replaced the compressor, expansion valve & drier. After that the A/C wouldn't get very cold & come to find out the condenser was clogged so he flushed the system again & replaced the condenser. After all this, w/ambient temp. of 80-85*, it would still only blow ~50* going down the road but if I stopped @ a red light it'd blow ~20* warmer before the light turned green. Mechanic said this is how this system is designed, that it isn't an efficient system & that's just how it is even though before the compressor broke( & last summer) it worked great (& was waaaay colder). Why would it do this if it had all new equipt., both fans run when A/C is turned on & correct amount of refrigerant????
**Next question & newest scenario**
Today it was 98* outside. Going down the highway, after driving for 20 miles, it was blowing @ 55* doing 70mph. Stop @ a red light & it got up to 77*. In my driveway it was blowing 78* & when I sprayed the condenser w/water hose it went down 13* in 20 seconds. Then I noticed radiator fan would kick on every so often but condenser fan never did! **This was NOT the problem before because we know for a fact both fans came on as soon as A/C was turned on.**
I checked for 12+V all thru the wiring & had good voltage coming out of the female plug that the condenser fan plugs into. Tried running straight off + & - battery to fan & it still didn't work. Also, the radiator fan doesn't run 100% of the time w/the A/C on like it did prior. My question here is does it sound like it's just the A/C condenser fan motor I need or is it something more?
Last question so I can tell my mechanic:
what temp does your A/C blow sitting @ idle in the sun when it's 90*+ outside & what's it blow going down the highway?
I've already spent over $1,100 on this & still don't have a working A/C. I'm @ my wits end so PLEASE HELP me!!!!