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Old 12-31-2003, 06:05 PM
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The PBC if ok, should not stop the normal operation of the a/c system unless the R134 is so low that the compressor gets locked out. But it has to be very low for that to happen; if you down even 1 lb (in a 2.5 lb system), it will still work.

I had what I was sure was a bad PBC! But it turned out to be a siezed compressor. The clue was reading the DTCs in the BASE MODULE (my page, MENU#8); sure enough there was a "DTC 7; belt slipping" code stored!

Anyway, good hunting!
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