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Old 09-12-2009, 05:08 PM
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Question ac question

I've been running around most of the early fall so far with my fan on the lowest setting and the temp in the mid range maybe a little lower some days. the other control is set to come out the dash vents and on the floor.
my question is has anyone else noticed an extreme amount of condensation coming out of their ac drain or is this normal for a 2.3l?
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Old 09-12-2009, 05:23 PM
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Your talking about the drip you get on the outside of the truck when the a/c is on?
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Old 09-12-2009, 05:46 PM
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i think that's were it's comming from. everywere i park i drip this clear liquid and it's usually the size of a 5 gal bucket by the time it's done dripping.
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Old 09-12-2009, 06:14 PM
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ya thats normal every car/truck does it

Some people freak and think something is wrong with the vehicle
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Old 09-12-2009, 06:18 PM
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i thought it was normal but this truck seems to flood the parking lot when i'm at wally world.
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Old 09-13-2009, 04:52 PM
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Maybe the evaporator core is icing up, and when you park the ice melts and releases an unusual amount of water. Most cars (not sure about the rangers, but probably) have a de-ice temperature switch in the evaporator core which shuts off the compressor if the evaporator drops below freezing. Maybe your's is faulty. Could be completely normal, though. If you don't need AC, try the vent-only or floor-only positions. That will save you some ga$.

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Old 09-13-2009, 10:04 PM
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i think that's were it's comming from. everywere i park i drip this clear liquid and it's usually the size of a 5 gal bucket by the time it's done dripping.
Unless you're not exaggerating, it's probably normal.
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Old 09-13-2009, 10:06 PM
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well if you dump out a full 20 oz pepsi i could match it out the ac drain.
also this truck just hit the 46,000 mile mark for a 2004, lol
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Old 09-14-2009, 07:18 AM
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Oh dear god I just realized your picture was of a dog.
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Old 09-14-2009, 07:29 AM
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Oh dear god I just realized your picture was of a dog.
LOL it looks like that little guy has enough extra skin to fit a Mastiff.
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Old 09-14-2009, 11:30 AM
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LOL it looks like that little guy has enough extra skin to fit a Mastiff.
lol completely harmless.
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Old 09-16-2009, 01:22 PM
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You know what I have has somewhat of a similar issue.... I opened the hood, and all the tubes coming and going from the AC where frozen , with starch...... the AC was off and the engine running..... I turned the AC on and the pipes melted.......
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You know what I have has somewhat of a similar issue.... I opened the hood, and all the tubes coming and going from the AC where frozen , with starch...... the AC was off and the engine running..... I turned the AC on and the pipes melted.......
pipes melted?
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Old 09-21-2009, 08:07 AM
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Melted = Since they got forsted, when I turned the AC on the ice on the pipes started to melt away...
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Old 09-21-2009, 08:35 AM
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pipes melted?
LOL. . . . We all interpret things differently huh.

P.S. when the drier starts to fail you can notice an excess of build up and eventually it'll start to lose the ability to cool properly.
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