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Old 06-04-2011, 09:56 AM
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My battery was dead, and I jumped it and it seems fine. However I posted about the same sound a few days ago. As I was running the car to keep the battery charged, a wierd sound like a ssssssssssss, and shot of steam shot out near the front driver side hood. Is it over heating, not sure what to check. Im at 4k miles since my last oil change,maybe I am low on certain fluids, someone told me to get radiator fluid. Any idea why this is happening?
Old 06-05-2011, 04:33 AM
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Your ac relay is stuck on, causing your dead battery and your ac system to release the high pressure valve. It's a 6 dollar relay and your going to have to have your ac system topped off with refridgerent
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In addition to what 19slocivic97 said, remove the relay and see if the problem goes away. Also, monitor your a/c performance because that would be affected. (Sorry, I'm reaching to get my mandatory 5 first posts in.) There is also a possibility there is an internal problem with the pcm. But, start with the ac relay.
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