Ok then, some more questions. Please do not take this as insulting - it is not meant to be. Have you done AC work before? What are your pressure readings and duct temperature? How long did you evacuate? When LarryBible, our resident AC advisor, read this he will want to know these things.

This could also be a bad expansion valve. They're very delicate and prone to corrosion if the system was open for a while.

I used to own a 1986 190E, and it cooled just fine in central Florida, so I disagree with the opinion that "they all suck." One promlem I did have was that it would occasionally go to full heat. The pushbutton controller can be screwy that way. If you think that might be a possibility, maybe you can bypass the heater core.

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