I was recommended to come here and ask you all since this is a Cadillac question and I really hope there is a simple fix.
This is my first post on this forum although I belong to a Foretravel motorcoach forum. I understand how things work and look forward to talking to all of you and perhaps offering my help when I can.
For the most part I am mechanically inclined ...to some degree. So I like to do as much as I can myself.
So, here goes...I took my wifes 2001 Seville SLS to Tennesse about a month ago and while going down I had "ok" air from A/C. When I was returning and about a 1/4 way back the air got warm like outside and there has been nothing every since.
I ran to the parts store and bought a connector hose and a couple cans of 134 freon and started to charge it. It seemed like it took forever to get the first can into the system and I really didn't notice a difference. Well, nothing has changed except the weather is getting hotter in northern Michigan so yesterday I went to the parts store and asked some questions.
There was a guy there who was a customer and he over heard my dilema and said that he had the same problem with his wifes Ford 4x4. When I said that the A/C comperssor would run about 30 seconds and stop, he said that unless the compressor is running I won't be able to get the freon in the system. He then said there was a way to "jump" something with a paper clip to cause it to run so freon can flow.
Right now it's like I can't get any freon to enter the system. I started a can yesterday and had to shut it off after about 10 minutes as it was not doing anything.
Also I did notice that when I turned the car on and the A/C yesterday, the line that you charge was cold until it connected to the union and converted tothe high side ( the larger nipple ) then the line was HOT. Mind you, it was all one line. the low nipple is about 3 inches from the union and then about 3 inches away from that is the larger nipple.
What would anyone with some knowledge suggest?
Thanks in advance
Sandelman
This is my first post on this forum although I belong to a Foretravel motorcoach forum. I understand how things work and look forward to talking to all of you and perhaps offering my help when I can.
For the most part I am mechanically inclined ...to some degree. So I like to do as much as I can myself.
So, here goes...I took my wifes 2001 Seville SLS to Tennesse about a month ago and while going down I had "ok" air from A/C. When I was returning and about a 1/4 way back the air got warm like outside and there has been nothing every since.
I ran to the parts store and bought a connector hose and a couple cans of 134 freon and started to charge it. It seemed like it took forever to get the first can into the system and I really didn't notice a difference. Well, nothing has changed except the weather is getting hotter in northern Michigan so yesterday I went to the parts store and asked some questions.
There was a guy there who was a customer and he over heard my dilema and said that he had the same problem with his wifes Ford 4x4. When I said that the A/C comperssor would run about 30 seconds and stop, he said that unless the compressor is running I won't be able to get the freon in the system. He then said there was a way to "jump" something with a paper clip to cause it to run so freon can flow.
Right now it's like I can't get any freon to enter the system. I started a can yesterday and had to shut it off after about 10 minutes as it was not doing anything.
Also I did notice that when I turned the car on and the A/C yesterday, the line that you charge was cold until it connected to the union and converted tothe high side ( the larger nipple ) then the line was HOT. Mind you, it was all one line. the low nipple is about 3 inches from the union and then about 3 inches away from that is the larger nipple.
What would anyone with some knowledge suggest?
Thanks in advance
Sandelman