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    Helping my kid, need help. A/C Compressor & Condenser

    Thanks I read also where it could be the TVX of the blend door actuator
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    Helping my kid, need help. A/C Compressor & Condenser

    Update: Head Gasket for sure. Thermo replaced and radiator flushed. Car is running fine for now, so running on hope and prayers until they get the funds to fix. The original job of fixing A/C is 1/2 completed. Front A/C is working but not the rear, any idea why?...Maybe the wrong compressor...
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    Helping my kid, need help. A/C Compressor & Condenser

    I agree, the first guy feels no obligation but he did not handle it well! It is like he completely washed his hands knowing there was something wrong. And yes any legit shop in my opinion should be checking the fluids but again agree how often is this happening? Turns out the bottle was not...
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    Helping my kid, need help. A/C Compressor & Condenser

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    Helping my kid, need help. A/C Compressor & Condenser

    Coolant - They called Ford ahead of time and bought the correct coolant. It's on its way to a shop right now and it is overheating, coolant coming out of the degas bottle. I have the details on the overheating as well. On the way home from the shop the engine light came on and the screen said...
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    Helping my kid, need help. A/C Compressor & Condenser

    Junior is my son-n-law, correct. The car was taken from the shop after the A/C fix and started overheating on the drive home. Overheating as temperature gauge went hot and my understanding is it started running rough - BUT I NEED TO CLARIFY this. When it was driven from the second shop for...
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    Helping my kid, need help. A/C Compressor & Condenser

    That sounds easy enough. Had junior fire up the Expy and feel the hoses at normal temp and they do not feel warm. Hoses were not easy to squeeze but says there is some water going through, Can I flush it out / use an additive to flush out the radiator?
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    Helping my kid, need help. A/C Compressor & Condenser

    Okay implied feelings...you could be on to something :), but in this case he is not mechanically inclined Tank was "brownish" due to some additive previous owner put in. i love this third hand info. My guess it was rust. Or stop leak in which case the radiator could be plugged...
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    Helping my kid, need help. A/C Compressor & Condenser

    50/50 coolant mix Ambient temperature is about 90 Coolant is the same now as when it went it (green/greenish blue) Surge tank (degas bottle?) was cleaned out, clean I do have access to a temp gun No way husband can tell about clutch fan
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    Helping my kid, need help. A/C Compressor & Condenser

    Thanks Stamp glad you chimed in this is very good information. It's a smog shop! that does oil changes and IMO engine work.."on the side"! I am NO expert but have never heard of a diagnosis done by Smog Coolant is going somewhere or who knows if it is or not. It was low on coolant thus...
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    Helping my kid, need help. A/C Compressor & Condenser

    Okay called the shop, basically the threw a smog sniffer on there and the hydro carbons level is 2709 PPM and the limit is 12. So the assessment is head gasket and possibly cracked heads This shop(which is more of a smog shop!) says they will not replace the head gasket on a car with "this...
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    Helping my kid, need help. A/C Compressor & Condenser

    Thanks to all for the replies, I greatly appreciate it. Getting the facts...I am going to call the second shop today and see what they say as I do not have the facts and it is not making a lot of sense to me as my daughter tells me "car is drive-able but it is just a matter of time before the...
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    Helping my kid, need help. A/C Compressor & Condenser

    Hello, Any help is appreciated. 2003 Eddie Bauer Expedition @ 160K, it is my daughter's only car with family of 4 I don't have the full story and my information is third hand so I will do m best. I am somewhat in the doghouse since I recommended the mechanic (taken my car there a few times...
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