Year: 1988
Make: Ford
Model: F150 4X4
Engine Size: 351
Refrigerant Type: R134
Ambient Temp: 90
Pressure Low: 25
Pressure High: 100
Country of Origin: United States
I don't understand my readings for the Statice pressure are 25L/100H I thought they were supposed to be the same. What could cause this? Are my gauges wrong?
ya sounds like your guages are wacky.
or you are not depressing the valve core when you open them--cheap gages do this...
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Hmmm. I just went out and checked the pressures again, same thing, run ac and low side gauge did not move. Put a differant low side gage on and am getting 26-30 psi R134 and 220psi @ 92ambient/ air is cold. Turned of ac and high and low equalized. Thanks for the help.
Side note. I have the LPCO switch jumpered at the moment cause compressor kept cycling every 5 sec. I suppose I need to replace that and then I should be good?
I'm not a pro, but I think if the compressor is cycling like that, it does not mean a bad LPCO switch - it more frequently means you are low on refrigerant. That's the behavior I noted in my friend's '93 mustang when it only had 0.2 lbs in (we measured it when we pulled it out). When the compressor engagaged, the low side would drop below the LPCO set point and shut down the compressor. It would repeat this cycle every 4-5 seconds.
Sounds like the orifice tube may be clogged. Same thing happened on my 89 Ford F-Superduty. Since you are using R134a in a 1988 truck, did you pull and replace the O-tube when it was converted to 134a?
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