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Old May 26, 2010 | 01:48 AM
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ok so my air conditioning sucks! takes forever to get cold?? whats the deal? should i go to walmart get a can of freeon and recharge it? is that easy to do??
Old May 26, 2010 | 02:52 AM
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air conditioning is for girls
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"...And then the Lord said, "Let there be windows that roll down on automobiles!" And so there were, and He saw that they were good.."
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Originally Posted by danny662boy
ok so my air conditioning sucks! takes forever to get cold?? whats the deal? should i go to walmart get a can of freeon and recharge it? is that easy to do??

I wouldn't recommend it unless you know what you're doing. I would check the readings and make sure everything is in spec. If you overfill the system, it's going to blow warm air instead of cold air.

Anyways, the tc takes forever to cool down.
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"...And then the Lord said, "Let there be windows that roll down on automobiles!" And so there were, and He saw that they were good.."
That is epic dude!
Old May 27, 2010 | 11:34 PM
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ok so my air conditioning sucks! takes forever to get cold?? whats the deal? should i go to walmart get a can of freeon and recharge it? is that easy to do??
yea the tc takes for ever to get cold when you turn the ac on. but i dont know if anyone else does this, but i have come to find out in mine at least if you turn the ac on and also turn the recirculate or whatever this button is called right under the ac button, mine gets alot colder to where i have to actually turn it down lol, guess it recirculates the cold air already in the car and makes it colder?, not sure, but you should give this a try might work for you....
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I don't think I ever turned my air conditioning on since I bought the car 2-3 years ago.
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in the year i have had mine i have used 4 times, but only because i was on my way to job interviews at the time, and didnt want to be all sweaty last summer ;), but other then that windows down sunroof open is the way to roll always....
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I don't like having my sunroof open on a very sunny day. My face would cook in that sunlight.
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Mine seems to work fine. Turn the temp dial to the coldest, raise fan to max and then max sure AC has an orange light
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Originally Posted by danny662boy
ok so my air conditioning sucks! takes forever to get cold?? whats the deal? should i go to walmart get a can of freeon and recharge it? is that easy to do??
sure if you could trust those gauges that are on those cheapie refill kits, otherwise if you overfill your system you will need a professional to evacuate (Remove) it all again and fill it.

might want to try a local shop to evacuate your system, pressure test it and refill it up. I've noticed that the tC after a couple of years need to be "topped up" to be really cold. I never saw that on the old R-12 systems (freon) but the newer stuff we're using now seems to need a top up every 3 years or so.. but i'd trust a pro's a/c machine to fill it instead of a cheapie fill at walmart. just my $0.02
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