bchulett
NAXJA Member #999
- Location
- Southern California
I'm having AC tech problems ...
Six months ago I had a new AC condensor with new AC lines installed. Before the installation, the compressor was making a rattling noise at idle ... with that typical whine that early XJ's seem to have---the tech claimed nothing was wrong with the compressor ... and proceeded with the R12 charge, etc. etc.
The cooling performance was very good ... better than before, I was happy.
But then, right after this AC service ... the compressor started making a random howling noise, at or above idle... sounded like and 18 wheeler coming to a stop.
I took it back to the dealer last week ... they told me the compressor was going bad. I said okay ... fix it. They had to order the part ... I took it in for installation this week and told the service writer: Now, it's gonna cool the same as it does right now, correct? He said: Oh yea, sure it will ...
So now that it doesn't cool like it did ... what could be the problem? The tech wrote: "May have a leak. Dropped 1/2" in 30 mins. May be R12 machine."
see my recent post for details:
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showpost.php?p=235304&postcount=15
Thanks for your help.
Bob
Six months ago I had a new AC condensor with new AC lines installed. Before the installation, the compressor was making a rattling noise at idle ... with that typical whine that early XJ's seem to have---the tech claimed nothing was wrong with the compressor ... and proceeded with the R12 charge, etc. etc.
The cooling performance was very good ... better than before, I was happy.
But then, right after this AC service ... the compressor started making a random howling noise, at or above idle... sounded like and 18 wheeler coming to a stop.
I took it back to the dealer last week ... they told me the compressor was going bad. I said okay ... fix it. They had to order the part ... I took it in for installation this week and told the service writer: Now, it's gonna cool the same as it does right now, correct? He said: Oh yea, sure it will ...
So now that it doesn't cool like it did ... what could be the problem? The tech wrote: "May have a leak. Dropped 1/2" in 30 mins. May be R12 machine."
see my recent post for details:
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showpost.php?p=235304&postcount=15
Thanks for your help.
Bob