Help with A/C / Temp sensor
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Please help with A/C / Temp sensor
I just had the belts and pulleys changed for squealing and picked the car up today (at closing time of course). I noticed that the outside air temp was reading 80 degrees even though it was in the 90s. The air conditioning was working fine when all of a sudden, it started blowing hot/humid air. At the same time, the outside air temp started to rise to the 90s. I thought I swapped one problem for another but then it eventually hit 117. It eventually settled to 110.
I'm going away for the weekend so I couldn't bring it back. I basically have monday and tuesday morning before I head out to NJ Motorsports park for an HPDE.
Anyone have an idea? Sensor? Fuse? Compressor (I hope not)? I'm pretty sure I heard a popping sound when it all happened.
Thanks in advance
I'm going away for the weekend so I couldn't bring it back. I basically have monday and tuesday morning before I head out to NJ Motorsports park for an HPDE.
Anyone have an idea? Sensor? Fuse? Compressor (I hope not)? I'm pretty sure I heard a popping sound when it all happened.
Thanks in advance
Last edited by ajderzie; Aug 1, 2008 at 07:33 PM.
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Ok, this is weird. I can't explain the temp sensor but it seems to be working now. I was able to take a look under the hood this morning and it seems that the A/C belt is missing. It obviously snapped off I guess. I thought I heard a pop when the A/C went off but I didn't see any debris behind me. New belt should fix it.
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Ok, this is weird. I can't explain the temp sensor but it seems to be working now. I was able to take a look under the hood this morning and it seems that the A/C belt is missing. It obviously snapped off I guess. I thought I heard a pop when the A/C went off but I didn't see any debris behind me. New belt should fix it.
If your belt broke it is usually for a reason, 4 come to mind.
1,Very Old Belt
2, Misalligned or broken pulleys
3, Seized compressor, or idler.
4, Bad installation
It would probably be a good idea to check the
possible cause
Good Luck
Last edited by bestvettever; Aug 4, 2008 at 05:44 PM.
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Hi, Temp sensors need a bit of driving time to record temp changes. But even if the outside temp rose to 117 it wouldn't cause the temp sensor to shut down the system. A low reading of 45 degrees would.
If your belt broke it is usually for a reason, 4 come to mind.
1,Very Old Belt
2, Misalligned or broken pulleys
3, Seized compressor, or idler.
4, Bad installation
It would probably be a good idea to check the
possible cause
Good Luck
If your belt broke it is usually for a reason, 4 come to mind.
1,Very Old Belt
2, Misalligned or broken pulleys
3, Seized compressor, or idler.
4, Bad installation
It would probably be a good idea to check the
possible cause
Good Luck
