Automotive AC Repair Frustration

[Koolau]

My experience with failing AC is a) it'll work harder and harder and get worse quickly. b) The more load you put on it (hotter air) the worse the system will perform. For example I had a system that worked quite well until the outside temp hit 85+, then it did almost no cooling. As temps rise, the system pressure rises, and if the compressor's seals are the issue, it'll be almost useless when it's hot out.

Sometimes that can be "fixed" (if only temporarily) by adding more Freon-replacement. Every 3 or 4 years, I have to add to my Buick's system or it gets anemic at cooling. YMMV

 

[Sunset]

Yeah, never had an AC in a car until I was 20.

I never had AC until I was 45..... no wonder I was a hot-head

 

[Koolau]

I never had AC until I was 45..... no wonder I was a hot-head

Heh, heh, explains a lot.