AC not cold anymore

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    Hello, can anybody tell what would cause this issue, my fluid level is full. i was driving yesterday and all of a sudden i no longer feel cold air.

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    how you know its full??? only an a/c machine can tell you this... see if your pump is cycling on/off or not... if not then its either low on freon or a fuse or a dead a/c compressor...
     
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    Oh come on now....it's right next to the blinker fluid reservoir. Open your eyes, jackass! :p
     
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    ha ha ha ha.... dang I knew I was missing something on mine...
     
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    My A/C gets nice and cold, and then once it gets rolling the air output starts to taper off and eventually it's like the fan is barely running. I'm guessing the coil side coil is icing up and blocking the air flow, which iirc means the refrigerant is getting a little low (but the compressor doesn't cycle, it keeps pumping out cold). Drain works fine. Don't wanna deal with it but I hate the heat.
     
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    I bet Nathan doesn't even change out his winter and summer air in his tires. I'll never recommend him to anyone again, I just can't risk lives like that.
     
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    what they have winter air here now... man I usually get my tech Rich to blow my tires up... hes full of hot air...

    and the cold then warm it could be the thermal expansion valve... we just did that on a concorde with similar issues...
     
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    If that was the case and you hooked it up to a A/C gauge set/machine, you'd see the low side pull into a vacuum.
     
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    My AC went kaput when my bigger TMIC rubbed a hole in the aluminum AC line that runs between the firewall and the TMIC.
     
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    I just did the A/C on a car at work today....got it down to 29F. It's tempting me to put mine in and get it that cold.

    I think Gran0393 is still a little surprised at quickly it's done.