Is your truck regular cab or 4-door truck with dual air? If 4-door, I'd say 1.6 lbs R134a is not enough

JohnHere wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 6:29 pm It could be the compressor. Is it the original?

Disclaimer - I'm NOT an AC professional. But it seems a good time for a brand new compressor to help with both of your issues, contact board sponsor ackits.com

Cusser I respect your experience and contributions here. My comment about no sight of Teslas in the middle of the day in AZ and NV is sourced from a similar comment by the venerable poster by the name of Bohica [Brad] 2 years ago. I will admit that anyone parking ANY vehicle in the direct sun in su...

There are no Teslas on the road in the summer daytime heat in Arizona I'm in Arizona, and there are quite a few Teslas on the roads here, even in summer. I know 3 Tesla owners and each says the AC works fine. And one friend owns an electric Mustang, says fine. 12V comp will exhaust the capability o...

I worked in an industrial chemistry laboratory for over 4 decades. SwageLok fittings are absolutely the best, and the by-far most-common fittings used in gas (and liquid) chromatography. What that means for us here is that these fittings were leak free for hydrogen (explosive) and for helium molecul...

dherde wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 6:27 am A crack developed in a weld point on my trucks' condenser unit.

David - just curious: is this a GM vehicle and the leak on the driver side of condenser?

But I do agree with the point made above. If you aren't having any problems with the system currently, I would leave it alone. Disclaimer: I am NOT an AC professional. I also agree that if you feel comfortable and cool, then the system is working fine, so do not attach gauges or "top off"...

It seems to me - and I'm NOT an AC professional - that manufacturers over the last couple of decades have gone to smaller driers, so that fewer ounces of refrigerant would be required, a cost savings. Given that, over or under such reduced ounces of refrigerant give poor performance. I'm from the co...

I'm thinking to replace the fan clutch to improve air flow at idle and slower-speed driving. Or at least test it well.

My 1998 Frontier uses a red high side cap and a blue low side cap, no H or L on them. They look pretty much like the ones shown here. https://i.imgur.com/B7DnSaF.png My 2004 Frontier with essentially same engine, transmission, and AC has two black caps of same shape as the red and blue ones. Both Fr...