How much water does the a/c drip?
09-26-02, 10:34 PM
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How much water does the a/c drip?
I'm pretty new to my FD so pardon the semi newbie question.
I got home tonight and ran my car idle a bit with the hood up to let heat out. I then let the turbo timer take over, and began to cover my car when I noticed a fairly decent puddle below the car. I looked under and there was a slight drip, but I was only sitting for like 2-3 minutes and the puddle seemed too large for something that small of drip to create. I stuck my fingers in it and smelled... nothing... smelled like water. No coolant smell at all. It didn't have a colored tint to it, but I couldn't really tell as it was mostly dingy/black from the asphalt. Does the a/c dump that much water? And that fast? Below are some more details, but nothing special... so if you're sick of reading already....
I didn't really drive it hard. One quick launch to 60, to show a friend but nothing big.... after that, drove on the highway for about 15 minutes... temps sat at 180-190...
When I got near my apartment, of course, stop lights, got up to 200 and then a little above. I popped the hood and drove around till I was down to ~195, parked and sat till 190 and then let the turbo timer take over...
As you can see by my observation of tempatures I'm pretty paranoid about heat. So I want to know wtf I'm leaking
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-paranoid n00b with too much love for the FD
I got home tonight and ran my car idle a bit with the hood up to let heat out. I then let the turbo timer take over, and began to cover my car when I noticed a fairly decent puddle below the car. I looked under and there was a slight drip, but I was only sitting for like 2-3 minutes and the puddle seemed too large for something that small of drip to create. I stuck my fingers in it and smelled... nothing... smelled like water. No coolant smell at all. It didn't have a colored tint to it, but I couldn't really tell as it was mostly dingy/black from the asphalt. Does the a/c dump that much water? And that fast? Below are some more details, but nothing special... so if you're sick of reading already....
I didn't really drive it hard. One quick launch to 60, to show a friend but nothing big.... after that, drove on the highway for about 15 minutes... temps sat at 180-190...
When I got near my apartment, of course, stop lights, got up to 200 and then a little above. I popped the hood and drove around till I was down to ~195, parked and sat till 190 and then let the turbo timer take over...
As you can see by my observation of tempatures I'm pretty paranoid about heat. So I want to know wtf I'm leaking
Signed,
-paranoid n00b with too much love for the FD
09-26-02, 11:09 PM
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this has no answer but you know that , the humidity will determine how much water there is to take out of the air during the cycle , if the car cools good then be happy , the dealer in Nashville did not put the hose back through the hole in the floor in one of Garfinkles customers car (before he was a customer of gars) and the entire floor was a puddle after a time, what a mess , so alot of water will be drained, how much? there is no answer.
09-27-02, 01:59 PM
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Originally posted by P'cola FD
Yeah it will drip a lot. Just look at the puddles forming under cars waiting in a traffic jam.
Yeah it will drip a lot. Just look at the puddles forming under cars waiting in a traffic jam.
