Standard 100 series A.C. hiccup
Submitted: Monday, Jan 22, 2007 at 17:02
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spliney
Dear All
On a recent trip, I had two AC problems occur almost simultaneously.
1. Perhaps half a cup of water dripped from the condensor (passenger side foot-
well) - mainly into my better half's handbag and shoes! This has happened once before - several months ago, but in the interim - no problem.
2. Soon afterwards the unit stopped cooling. No probs with fans - just pushing warm air! The next day it was working fine again.
According the guts book, the most likely cause of the first issue is a blocked drain tube. [No blockage visible - vent on firewall in engine bay is quite clean; however I haven't probed beyond the first 75mm of tubing]
I'm assuming that the second issue was the result of the condensor freezing up. Not sure why.
On the description I provided, the AC techician I spoke to seemed to think the issues were unrelated.
Just wondering if anyone else has experienced these issues and if so, what the remedies were.
Regards
Spliney
Reply By: REDDOG - Monday, Jan 22, 2007 at 21:18
Monday, Jan 22, 2007 at 21:18
I posted this to similar question a while ago,
mine is gxl model but Im sure it will bw the same, not a problem with
mine since fixing it bout 12months ago.
Mate I had same problem with my 100 SERIES, checked all obvious as stated, hose blocked etc, but still found WATER under glove box. If you remove the glove box you will see a rectangle lookin plate which the WATER drips off to the lower right side of glove box space. If you carefully remove 2 or 3 screws (cant remember how many) on this plate you will find a thin seal made of foam in behind . I suppose you could get new seal FROM toyota but i just cut an new one out of some foam rubber that i had in the shed. Not a drop of WATER inside since. the problem is the seal is made of foam so when soaked in WATER it acts like a wick. if you look carefully for where WATER drips FROM you will see plate i am talking about. Hope this helps Richy.
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Follow Up By: spliney - Tuesday, Jan 23, 2007 at 11:04
Tuesday, Jan 23, 2007 at 11:04
Reddog
Appreciate the help - will have a look at it.
Regards
Spliney
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