got my ac fixed finally

ttocs · Jul 11, 2012

finally got it recharged. I had it discharged in nov of 2010 so I could do the heater core and just never got around to it afterwards. Last year I was sick too much to deal with it and it was having other issues I was more concerned about, and I went 3 yrs in phoenix with no ac in my truck so its not really a big deal to me. Finally a few weeks ago I got everything sorted out and running well enough that I was finally able to think about the ac. Now prior to this my water temp was showing 210, maybe up to 212 before it would then go back down to the 205 mark. Today on the short drive home while enjoyin my cold air I noticed the water temp was now getting up to the 220 mark and then going down to the 215 area and staying between there. I think the max temp it showed for the trip was 224 - is this all ok?

Mnstrstang · Jul 11, 2012

I have an 03 gt and I had my diablo plug
Into it one day when we were having 100* days here In NJ and my car was running anywhere between 205-220 and I still have the factory stat in it.

justinschmidt1 · Jul 11, 2012

Seems normal to me...my a/c makes the car run hot and the battery volts drops way down for some reason haha.

When we had a heat wave last year it was 105 degrees out my car was to the point of overheating almost with the a/c running sitting in traffic.

g36 monkey · Jul 11, 2012

Sounds just fine Scott

ttocs · Jul 12, 2012

cool good to know. My ac has been out for about a year and a half now since the head/cam swap and some other stuff done to it so the car is running a little different now.

At what temp should I be worried?

sn95jones · Jul 12, 2012

The the volts drop on the gauge because its drawing more power from the batter, its the same way as if you rolled your windows down or turned your headlights on. Perfectly normal.