Did you clean out all the crud stuck between the condenser and radiator? My brother's SDL was about half covered with dead bugs. No AC (bad compressor, fixed this summer), but it ran too warm on long grades in West Virginia a couple years ago. Much cooler on that trip this time.
A stiff compressor will cause the Klima to kick out. Peter On Jul 6, 2008, at 2:20 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > Well, Figured out what the deal was with the AC I guess. The > compressor. It turns but is stiff. Swapped it for a good used OE > one, > changed the drier and expansion valve. Pulled a vacuum, charged it up > and its cooling pretty darn good. Converted to 134 and it seems done > the proper way it cools just fine. My only concern is the high side > pressure. At idle, with temp about 95 outside, its running about 400. > low side about 60. Rev it up and high will peg on the guage, low will > drop to about 40 I guess. Other than that, it cools great, seems to > working fine so not sure what the pressure deal is. Seems strange > since > everything is new basically. The aux fan does come on the low speed > soon after ac starts. If you jump the temp switch on the engine, it > will kick on high, and it seems like the pressure will come down > slightly at idle, but still goes way up with engine revved. Going to > see about the fuel guage and if I get that fixed Im going to drive the > thing to work tomorrow. > -- > Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK > 94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, > 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 86 560SL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, > 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 80 240D, 76 240D, > 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250, 66 220SEb > http://www.okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
