If it's your home unit, trying "back-flushing" the compressor-coils to get the buildup of pollen/fluff/stuff out of the coils themselves...if the air gets restricted too much, the compressor will shutdown on you and then...as you're already aware, you end up basting in your own gravy.
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Outside of that...emergency, after-hours service call...
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