Good morning all!
I've been having troubles with my ac in my 2006 vibe. Currently has 80k on it.
I've posted a couple threads with no reply. Now I have a bit more information to give.
Symtoms;
With the ac on after driving for a while the vents will stop blowing. Shut ac off and maybe 3 minutes later I will get air movement out of the vents. But it's @22 degrees. And after 10 minutes or so air stops again.
This has been happening all summer.
Now it'd getting cooler outside (Chicago area)
So defroster is needed.
Same thing stops blowing after maybe 20 minutes of driving. Turn to vent, ac off, and @3 minutes later I start to feel air.
So finally I got time to take it to my buddies shop. This is what we found:
Low side starts freezing almost immediately. Gets really cold and then the frost starts forming. From the ac compressor all the way to the fire wall.
High side won't go over 50 psi
Low side maintains 35psi.
So my buddy thought of orifice tube... Too bad the vibe doesn't have an orifice tube!
Now it's pointing to the expansion valve.
Cheep part. But where the heck is it?
Does the whole dash have to come out?
I cannot find any documentation on replacement or even location!
Can anyone help? Any suggestions? Am I missing something?
Thanks for everyone's time