AC control smoking HALP
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Car: 91 Camaro RS(RealSlow)
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AC control smoking HALP
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With the A/C switch off,
it was giving me a slight white smoke, and as I turn the A/C on, the smoke
increase and smells so bad, and ofcourse I had to turn them off and stuff.
It doesn't smoke anymore since I unplugged that brown(tan?) wire going to the control.
Could this be my temp. sensor thing? or the control itself?
any ideas before I possibly waste 100$ on a new control?
thanks!
With the A/C switch off,
it was giving me a slight white smoke, and as I turn the A/C on, the smoke
increase and smells so bad, and ofcourse I had to turn them off and stuff.
It doesn't smoke anymore since I unplugged that brown(tan?) wire going to the control.
Could this be my temp. sensor thing? or the control itself?
any ideas before I possibly waste 100$ on a new control?
thanks!
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Re: AC control smoking HALP
Remove the AC control head. Observe the wiring. You'll find a harness with about 4 or 5 wires in it that goes off one way (toward the blower resistors and the AC low-pressure switch, actually), and a single brown wire that goes off another way all by itself. That brown wire is the power source for the entire HVAC system. Follow it about 12-15" up into the dash. You'll come to a connector. Attempt to unplug it. You'll almost certainly find that it has degenerated into a pile of ashes. Replace it, even if it "looks" good to you, with a set of BIG THICK HEAVY yellow insulated slide terminals; not the ordinary little weenie thin ones, but rather, BIG THICK HEAVY. Odds are, that will fix it.
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Re: AC control smoking HALP
thanks James,
although I have another question though.
tracing that wire for 12-15", will that require the whole dash to come out or something? seems pretty long to me.
I'll try and take a look and try to find a pile of ash. Thanks!!
although I have another question though.
tracing that wire for 12-15", will that require the whole dash to come out or something? seems pretty long to me.
I'll try and take a look and try to find a pile of ash. Thanks!!
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Re: AC control smoking HALP
You shouldn't have to remove the dash.. just the bottom area under the driver's side. Since that is the way the wire goes.
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Re: AC control smoking HALP
hey thanks!
I'll look into that sometime tomorrow then
I'll look into that sometime tomorrow then
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