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I recently replaced the compressor and recharged the system. It ran cold for about 3 days. Then it ran warm and cold intermittently. Now the AC does not cool but blows warm. The compressor clutch is no longer turning even when I bypass the switch. The system has equal pressure about 80 psi on both hi and low side. Any ideas what to do next?

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If you turn on your AC on one day and nothing happens, you may be dealing with a major component failure. Your vehicle's AC system consists of a compressor, condenser, evaporator, expansion valve, a series of tubes and several fans/blowers. If either one of these components fails to do their job, it may result an entire system failure. For example, if the evaporator blower motor burns out, you will get little to no airflow through the vents.
Most modern vehicles also have safety mechanisms that may prevent a component from engaging if the pressure is low in the system due to a refrigerant leak. Refrigerant can leak for many reasons, including undone welds, loose connections, corrosion, physical damage from road debris, etc. Look for oily stains underneath your car, as they may indicate a leak. If you suspect a refrigerant leak, take your car to General Automotive. We will test the pressure and use special dyes to pinpoint the leak.
Warm Air is Coming Out Instead of Cold As you get in your car and turn on your AC, you probably expect it to be blowing hot air for the first minute or two until the system cycles through enough to cool it. But what if the air never gets cold ? Or maybe it it gets cooler, but not cold enough ? No, your car didn't get confused and turned on heat by accident. There is likely a problem with your condenser.
A condenser's job in a vehicle is to cool the warm refrigerant that was used to make the air cold in the evaporator. A condenser has coils and a fan to push the air through the coils and thus cool the refrigerant. If the condenser coils get dirty or clogged, or if the fan fails, the refrigerant won't be cooled completely, so the air will come out warm. It's best to take your vehicle to an experienced AC Repair professional to troubleshoot this problem if you don't know your way around under the hood.
Cold Air Blows Intermittently So you went for a road trip or a long drive, and after 30 minutes of driving realized that your AC suddenly stopped working or switched to blowing warm air. The cold air returns shortly, and the cycle repeats itself for as long as you are driving. What's wrong with your car?
Intermittent cooling is often caused by the components of your vehicle's AC system freezing up. Typically an iced over evaporator is the culprit. An evaporator covered in ice can't cool the air, so you would have to wait until the ice melts, which is why the cold air eventually returns. There may be numerous issues causing the icing-from a dirty cabin air filter to a blocked evaporator drain or an overcharged system. Look for puddles of water under your car-this could be a sign of a freezing problem.

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need to have a set of gauges on it and read the low side and high side to see if pump is weak that year compressor i think is on the bottom passenger side ,it is not a good desigh pump may be weak

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Hello: When the condition occurs pull over, do no turn engine off, open hood on the passenger side there is a line that comes out of the accumulator, if it is white(frosted up) the you have a low pressure switch that is not working properly. This switch cuts the compressor off to keep the system from freezing up. If you have this condition you can fix it yourself. Get a new switch and o ring, put a small amount of oil on the o ring. Unscrew the old switch, screw the new one in (electrical connector disconnected before removing old switch) connect the connector. You will not loose the freon as there is a schrader valve that will keep the freon in the system.

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