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A/C Compressor will not engage.

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97gst_spyder

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Sep 1, 2008
Lakeland, Florida
The car had working a/c when my gf bought it a year ago, before we met. A few weeks later the a/c stopped blowing cold. Well she never had anyone look at it because she always had the top down anyways. I was looking in to the problem and everything seems to work but the a/c compressor will not engage, no click, no grinding, nothing from that area. Is there a possibility that its the wire that hooks to the a/c clutch is not getting power? What wiring should I check for this?
 
If the refrigerant is too low the a/c compressor will not engage. You could try to depress the shradder valve on one of the a/c connectors to see if theres anything in the system, but even if there was it still could be such low pressure that it wont engage. Try calling a local shop and see how much it would be to just hook up an ac machine to your car to check the pressures
 
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