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Old 07-03-2007, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by jcyuhn View Post
Sounds like the compressor runs until the first time it cycles off, then won't restart.
I agree.

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To me this sounds like the compressor clutch gap is out of spec. (How many times have I written that statement?) Failure to re-engage when hot is a known fault on Nippondenso compressors when the gap is out of spec. DTDT myself.

- JimY
I lack the equipment to properly check that gap, or I would have had that addressed long ago. I am trying to isolate out everything I can, so that I don't have to have pay my mechanic to go on an open-ended hunting expedition. If I can nail down two or three specifics to check (the compressor clutch as a whole is already at the top of the list) that saves my mechanic time and me $. Either way, next month (Assuming nothing else blows up before then) I'll get the AC system properly fixed one way or another.
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