cherokeesue
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- Location
- Goldendale, WA
2000 Cherokee SE 4.0 I recently had the hoses on my ac unit replaced, The shop guy said they were leaking and because it was losing pressure it was causing the ac unit to not cycle on and off. It would get cold for about 5 minutes, then get an awful stinky air smell and start blowing warm. In order to make it get cold again, I had to shut the ac off and after about 10-20 minutes turn it on and it would be cold again. Replacing the hoses did nothing to fix this. I read somewhere that one guy lubed the clutch and it worked after that. Well we used some wd-40 and the little clutch thing pops on and off now and the ac stays cold. I thought that since there's never a puddle underneath it after using the ac, that the condensation was collecting inside a vent somewhere and getting stagnant. The shop guy said that a good working system won't have a puddle and that I should drop some deodorizing pellets down inside the vents. This bit of info and the new hoses cost me $300 and that was with a $50 off coupon and him telling me the system was overcharged so it saved me another $50 in R-134A. Anybody out there know if my system should be leaving a puddle and or where that drain tube is located? The smell of the stale air is getting to me!