AC is cold when engine bay is cold but not really cold when engine bay is hot

B6JoeS4 · December 8, 2019, 6:01pm

Me and trexturk(tom) both had the same issue with our A/C systems. Works great when the car is not heat soaked but once it gets hot, it stops working. Never figured it out on either car.

FastEddie · December 8, 2019, 6:01pm

sakimano:

sakimano:

I first noticed it on mine while going 80 mph on an expressway for 2 hrs. There was like a switch was flicked and it got hot and humid in the car. Not like it died…but like it went from 100% effective to 50%.

It returns to 75% sometimes, and gets as bad as 25% sometimes, but never dead, and never perfect.

No idea what’s going on. Hottest summer I can remember here though so it’s not ideal lol. At least I made it to mid August before these symptoms.

recharged my RS4 air conditioning system last night with the help of BadToyz who already had the hose/gauge. Just needed a can of ‘stuff’.

Now, this may be a temp fix…if there’s a leak I will lose that gas slowly and need to re-do, at which point I’ll go deeper and do the evacuate/dry/sealant service then recharge.

We left the car runnign with AC full blast during the fill, and when I got in the car after shooting the shit for 5 minutes it was ridiculously cold. Meat locker.

Interesting. See im pretty sure i recharged my system sometime last year. SO i wouldnt think thats an issue unless the shop didnt do it right. Which at this point they fucked so many things up previously i wouldnt be surprised.