When the engine is on and i turn on regular cool air, all i get is HOT air no matter what side of the climate control its set on. but once i turn the engine off, have the cool air go on, the air becomes cooler. so im thinking i need to recharge my AC/freOns?

 

air with no AC, but its never hot before nor on any car, i think the air gets pulled in from the engine, but its the freeon that keeps the air cool even if its not AC

 

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Wrong..the freon only comes into play when using A/C...if the car is moving, and the climate control is set to cold...it's going to pull whatever air is coming into the engine bay.. when you set it to hot, it opens a valve allowing what I believe is hot water or coolant to come in from the engine core to heat up your air. When it's set to "cold" it just keeps the air from getting any hotter...you're still limited to outside conditions.

 

If you're in fresh mode, you're not going to get as cold of air as you would when the a/c is on recirc.