A/C has gone out again within a year

[Doug Supercharged Vipers]

Usually at the condenser; You can do a visual inspection and see if you can find an accumulation of an oily residue at the connections. Did your dealer use a dye tracer to find the leak last time? If there's any dye left in the system you may be able to find the leak with a black-light. I wouldn't blame your dealer, the AC systems do sometimes have issues that result in leaks in different areas.

Regards,
Doug

 

[Y2K5SRT]

I had problems with my A/C in that it would shoot out a few ice chips (literally) and then die. Very soon thereafter it just blew warm air all the time. I made FOUR trips to the dealership.

Trip 1: Replaced evaporator core - lasted three weeks and then blew warm air

Trip 2: Replaced condensor - lasted two weeks and then blew warm air

Trip 3. Replaced compressor - don't know how long it lasted, as it was done in November and was cold the next week. Warm air (of course) when I fired it up for the first time this spring.

Trip 4. Replaced ALL lines, including some ridiculously hard-to-reach lines that they resorted to using crowbars for. Ugly to watch. Blowing cold air for now, but the last visit was only about ten days ago. Fun!

He told me that he definitely found leaks around the hoses this last time. Used the dye and black lights as per Doug's suggestion. The leaks were hard to trace because they were so far back on the line. My bet is that it could be your problem.

Good luck, and let us know what you find!

Chris

 

[Ron]

<FONT face="Comic Sans MS">My evaporator was bad and I know of 2 others that also had a bad evap. Worth a look.</FONT f>

 

[slaughterj]

My car is in today for AC repair - when my tech examined it, he said it needed a new evaporator and hoses - glad it's under warranty!

 

[99 R/T 10]

My A/C just went out last week(TGFW), but it seems to be a problem area for the Viper. It worked great right up to the point of breakage!

 

[Makara]

Real vipers don't have A/C. Congrats, you have a real viper. Now it's time to take those silly windows out.

 

[scottgf]

And lose the door handles....