My 1997 Honda Accord a/c compressor went bad, I did change the dryer, expansion valve, and compressor. There were a lot of metal in the system, I did clean up the whole system very good, after recharge the system my gauges are reading the follow; low side looks normal same with the high side; also temperature inside car is normal if the car is running at 1500 rpm or higher, temperature inside is about 43 degrees; but at iddle or stop at red light it start blowing warm about 70 degrees.
I did not change the a/c switch interruptor. It could be this the problem?
any ideas at what I can look for.
By the way I live in Arizona an is HHHHOOOOOTTTTT
Thanks
Marcio

 

I have a 96 accord and i had almost the same problem. check your a/c condenser fan beside the radiator fan and see if it works. it probably does not and you can replace it for about $99 at a local parts store or either somewhere around the neighborhood of $40 on ebay. ebay is your friend lol.. hope this helps

 

Thank you; I did look at the fan and is working, so it is not the fan, any other ideas
Marcio

 

with my recent accord ac problem and in an effort to understand, after much web searching i found 2 very useful aircon sites.

polarbearinc.com gives excellent description of fundamental ac issues inc. gauge interpretation

and

ackits.com can highly recommend the forum there.

 

ok guys, i have a 97 honda accord EX. My first sign of AC trouble was water leaking into the passenger side floor. Then when I turned a curve it would FREEZE my feet and get them soaking wet on the drivers side. Then the air got warm. So I recharged and all that jazz. Levels looked AWESOME...blowing cold air...life was good. So then I get the vapors...then the switch to control the amount of air it blows out (temp control maybe) stops working on setting numbers 1,2, and 3 and now blows full force on 4. That worked for about a day...then the fan started SCREAMING.

I have researched and researched and I really do not want to fix what is not broken because the car is older and I did not pay much for it to begin with.

Any suggestions before I take the dash apart and rip it all out...GRRRR!

 

1. Water leak: the drain outlet of the evaporator is probably clogged. The evaporator is behind the gloves box. Disconnect the drain hose and clean the drain outlet. Put a big plasic bag on the floor or you will flood the floor.
2. Blower speed conntrol: pull out the speed control **** and check if the **** is broken. If the **** is ok, the blower resistor is short.
3. fan screaming: do not have idea now.

 

If the fan is screaming the bearings probably got wet and fried the bearings.