my a/c doesnt work when im sitting in a parking lot or at a stoplight for a couple minutes.. but when im cruising down the highway, its ice cold.. does it need to be recharged? if so, where is the low pressure port??

97 base

thanks

 

It's normal for the AC to be warmer at idle. Then AC compressor is belt driven by the crank, at idle you aren't working the compressor very hard.

Check your belt tension. However, it's probably just something you will have to live with.

 

mine does that too, probably because when you are driving more air goes into that little air conditioning thingy on the front of the car? and when its just sitting there, theres no cold air going in.

 

yeah.. this is the first car that i've owned thats done this.. the air is hot when im sitting

 

mine too
the light on my climate control actually goes out when im sitting

 

i guess we just have to live with it

 

make sure the fans work. With the car stopped and the AC on both radiator fans should turn on when the compressor does, so that the condenser can dissipate heat. Make sure they are wired right too. I've seen them wired wrong and blow air out the front of the car.

 

try filling up that freon

 

thats wierd i have a UR crank pully and it slows the ac down in idle put mines still cold as when im driving i would check the freon and make sure the fans come on when the ac is on

 

youre fans are probably not working. primarily the condenser fan (on drivers side).