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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Trucks / July 2006

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F150 Air Conditioner Problem

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hopeful - 14 Jul 2006 14:35 GMT
I have an odd problem with the flow of the air conditioner.  I had to have
the front brake lines replaced because of corrosion, 77500K, in fact one
actually perforated.  Right after that the problem with the air flow began,
maybe just a coincidence.
   The air flows from the panel just fine until I begin to accelerate, then
the air is slowly deflected to the defroster and stays that way until I let
off the gas.  At that point flow returns to the panel.   I can hear the
doors changing.  I checked the
vacuum line from the vacuum booster to the junction at the intake manifold
and found nothing loose and no evidence of rodent activity.  I see nothing
up under the dash board that looks loose or chewed.  What are some
possibilities?  I guess it goes to the shop soon.
putt@webtv.net - 15 Jul 2006 11:44 GMT
>air flows from the panel just fine until I
> begin to accelerate, then the air is
> slowly deflected to the defroster and
> stays that way until I let off the gas. At
> that point flow returns to the panel

Classic symptom of a Vacuum leak.  Get a hand-operated vacuum pump and
check all hoses, the check valve, reservoir can, vacuum motors.  When
vacuum is low/lost in the system, it reverts to the default position
which is the air-flow to the defroster.  Easy enough to check, or you
can pay to have it done/corrected.

Dave S(Texas)
lugnut - 15 Jul 2006 13:02 GMT
>I have an odd problem with the flow of the air conditioner.  I had to have
>the front brake lines replaced because of corrosion, 77500K, in fact one
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>up under the dash board that looks loose or chewed.  What are some
>possibilities?  I guess it goes to the shop soon.

You either have a vacuum leak or the vacuum check valve is
bad.  Make sure the vacuum cannister connection is connected
properly.

Lugnut
SnoMan - 15 Jul 2006 15:17 GMT
>You either have a vacuum leak or the vacuum check valve is
>bad.  Make sure the vacuum cannister connection is connected
>properly.

It is not a check valve. It is either in a line in dash, the control
for it or the dashpot itself (a vacum leak is somewhere here)
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monkeyboy - 20 Jul 2006 07:38 GMT
>I have an odd problem with the flow of the air conditioner.  I had to have
>the front brake lines replaced because of corrosion, 77500K, in fact one
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>up under the dash board that looks loose or chewed.  What are some
>possibilities?  I guess it goes to the shop soon.
do you have 4x4 what year f150 I've noticed a lot of rodent activity on this
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