Ac issue

Discussion in 'Modifications And Maintenance' started by ikpthegame, May 27, 2023.

  1. ikpthegame
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    So last year the ac worked fine. First time I used it this year it started out blowing cold, then would blow hot for a while. It goes back and forth between hot and cold. I added about 10oz of a recharge kit and not much change. One thing I noticed is the clutch on the compressor never kicks off, but it kicks on and off in the winter when using the defroster. It's a 15wrx any ideas?
     
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    If the clutch is spinning while the a/c is off the clutch might be bad.
     
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    Well it cycles when the defrost is on like it should but when using the ac it don't cycle
     
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    The first thing that comes to mind is expansion valve.
     
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    So might have figured this out. From my research 15+ it looked like Subaru was having issues with compressors, mainly the clutch. The air gap on the clutch get to big, you can take the clutch off and remove a shim and it seems to fix it.
     
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    And it's fixed, easy enough.