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[Bookem]

Jim;314112 wrote:
It does seem to freak out when its humid... and work fairly well when its not. Should I bring it in to a place and get it evaced and recharged then? Or is there something else I should look at?

Will you be in town anytime soon? There's so many crooks outy there doing a/c work that can do an hour of work and charge $800. Most places will charge you to evac the freon, then charge to put the same freon back in. The dryer should be inspected when evac'd though.

[Bookem]

zbrown;314113 wrote:
ok this is probably a dumb statement but,

you say your "passenger side" vents are blowing hot.... does this mean the driver side is still blowing cold?

Our Ram started doing this when it was low on freon, haven't had time to drive it to check if the recharge fixed ours. Maybe it puts priority to the driver's side? Vehicles are getting so dang complicated these days.

[Jim]

zbrown;314113 wrote:
ok this is probably a dumb statement but,

you say your "passenger side" vents are blowing hot.... does this mean the driver side is still blowing cold?

Yeah. The driver side was cold, passenger side was warm air. I read that it was prob because it was low on refrigerant, so I filled it up a bit, and referenced the gauge (i heard these are sort of junk though, as pressure doesnt matter, volume does?)

[Jim]

Bookem;314114 wrote:
Will you be in town anytime soon? There's so many crooks outy there doing a/c work that can do an hour of work and charge $800. Most places will charge you to evac the freon, then charge to put the same freon back in. The dryer should be inspected when evac'd though.

How much does this usually cost? If it's super expensive I might just deal with it, it works, but kinda intermitently when its humid.

:icon_cheers:

[Bookem]

Did the passenger side start blowing cold after you had put some in?

[Jim]

Bookem;314121 wrote:
Did the passenger side start blowing cold after you had put some in?

Yup, was working great for like a week.

Still blows cold air from both sides when its working.

[zbrown]

Jim;314122 wrote:
Yup, was working great for like a week.

Still blows cold air from both sides when its working.

lol that is weird haha

I was just curious if it was some sort of dual climate control fucking with you and not the actual system charge

but wouldn't be that if it fixed it for a short time when you charged it

[Bookem]

Jim;314120 wrote:
How much does this usually cost? If it's super expensive I might just deal with it, it works, but kinda intermitently when its humid.

:icon_cheers:

Best bet is to call around to places that have a flat fee, should find a place to evac and recharge for under a hundred, ( I'm guessing Motorwerks isn't one of them, lol). When calling get the person's name that way you can ask for them once you get there.

[SPANISH-RICE]

Is your compressor kciking on and off? When it starts blowing warm air i would find out if the compressor stopped moving. If its to low or to high on refirgerant it could be shutting down the compressor. I would check that first then have a legit evac/recharge done.

If its only on one side that cold air is working it seems like a blend door issue or something but im not to familiar with bmw a/c systems and how all that is routed.

[gsrEK]

ya by what your saying if its cold on one side but not the other sounds like a blend door issue, but on cooler days the a/c seems to work out of both sides? thats a bit weird.