Compressor and electric fan
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Compressor and electric fan
I have a 2001 Cherokee Sport 4.0, my question is now when I turn on the A/C, the electric fans come on and the motor is cold, and when the A/C compressor kicks off it shuts off and so on, a few days ago I heard a noise under the hood like a A/C hose busted and it got warmer, when I slowed down I heard the compressor making a rumbling sound so I shut it off, when I got to the house I popped the hood and noticed that the leak came from the high pressure line out of the compressor, when I went to turn it back on, the A/C got cold again, but you can hear the rumble from the compressor, am I looking at a possible compressor failure? and as for the electric fan, something is not right with this picture, any feed back would help.
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I have a 2001 Cherokee Sport 4.0, my question is now when I turn on the A/C, the electric fans come on and the motor is cold, and when the A/C compressor kicks off it shuts off and so on, a few days ago I heard a noise under the hood like a A/C hose busted and it got warmer, when I slowed down I heard the compressor making a rumbling sound so I shut it off, when I got to the house I popped the hood and noticed that the leak came from the high pressure line out of the compressor, when I went to turn it back on, the A/C got cold again, but you can hear the rumble from the compressor, am I looking at a possible compressor failure? and as for the electric fan, something is not right with this picture, any feed back would help.
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Without hearing the comp it is hard to tell what is going on,it is possible it is going out or the freon is returning to the comp as a liquid not a vapor,called flooding back. which can be caused by several things. I am not sure how much you know about a/c units but you can find info on the internet. As far as the fan goes it comes on when you turn th a/c on,this is to provide more cooling because the a/c condenser is located in front of your radiator and causes warmer temps from the freon condensing. But if your a/c is low on pressure the fan nor the comp will come on due to the low pressure cutout on the a/c is not satisfied.
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