Interestingly Angie's '05 Gold has "ice cold AC". I haven't tried the cooler
on the 2010 RAM yet this year but it worked last year. My '03 Ranger cooled
well when we got rid of it in 2014. My '98 Jetta would hold a charge for a few
months but never made any cold air. I guessed the valves in the compressor were
bad. My '96 Dakota's AC failed at either the 9 or 10 year mark, I can't
remember exactly. It blew all the refrigerant out of the evaporator all at once
on a hot day in late May returning from camp in heavy traffic...
Of 5 MB's I've had only 2 had working AC and neither of those was very good. I
never had cars good enough to invest the time/money into getting the AC working
correctly...
-Curt
On Saturday, April 25, 2020, 3:03:58 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
I was being a little sarcastic in my question. In my experience any
"original" A/C system much more than about 10 years old will have
significant leaks. My W123 A/C leaks out in about a week after a charge,
and a good local MB indy here narrowed it down to the evaporator. My '04
Nissan won't hold a charge as of last summer. My long departed A2 Jetta
gave it up after about 7 years. The '06 Honda is still OK knock on wood.
Almost any 10+ year old car I see advertised at a price I'd consider
interesting has the standard "AC needs a charge" line and we all know
what that really means.
Allan
Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes:
> The ones that were affected by the dissimilar metals cracks were the all W124
> and some W140 (up to 1995), possibly the early R129s, I’m not sure about
> them. Anything else should be OK.
>
> -D
>
>> On Apr 25, 2020, at 2:24 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes
>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes:
>>
>>> I would me more concerend about the AC, since this is a model that is known
>>> for the failing evaporator that is a 22-25 hour job to R&R.
>>
>> Which models are not known for failing evaporators?
>>
>> Allan
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