A/C Woes!

It's hot here.  Really hot.  105 and tons of humidity hot.  Not a good time to have A/C issues in your vehicle!

So, it's early fall last year, still warm enough to need A/C and it started blowing warm air.  Filled it up with freon a couple of times and made it through to this spring.  A buddy of mine and I could not find the leak, we tried the dye and blacklight to spot it but nothing.  I finally broke down and took it to a recommended shop, they could not find it for a few days and then finally figured it out - it leaked from the compressor once it got hot.  $777 and change later, I was back on the road blowing cold air.  That was May.  I had even double-checked all the parts and labor prices with a friend in the industry and everything checked out.

So, this past Sunday we loaded up the minivan headed off to church and there was no warning.  Just hot air.  ARGH!  You have got to be kidding me!  Doing my best to hold back from letting loose some choice expletives in front of the kid-os, I just kept thinking to myself  that it was ok, I am sure it is just a faulty compressor, they will swap it out for free, no big deal.  Ok, yes, you can stop laughing now.

OF COURSE this time it is leaking from the evaporator core which means the entire dashboard has to be pulled out before any work can be done which makes the labor that much more - it's pretty much the worse spot this could happen.  So, I made it 3 months on the freon since May, so I am going to pump it full again and make it through this year.  Ahhhh, the joys of automobile ownership when they are out of warranty!!!