Son and daughter #4 left Pensacola Thursday about noon in the wagon; traffic and other issues put them in southern KY about 1:00 AM Friday when they call and say "I smell rubber burning". He couldn't see anything obviously wrong, but didn't want to take chances so they went to a hotel. I left Friday morning about 6:30, picked up a tow dolly in Elizabethtown, KY, then went down to Munfordville where they stayed.
Earlier in the evening, the AC hadn't been working and they were having trouble keeping the windows clear. At a gas stop I have him put some R134 in to see if the system would start working - it did.
So when I got there, I couldn't see anything amiss other than the AC pressure switch was wet and AC wasn't working again (still some pressure in the system). I suspect the refrigerant was leaking from the switch and getting on the engine creating the burning smell. The car made it home from there without further problem. Ordered a Honda switch from vintage parts (and pulled one from a yard in Louisville).
Finally looked at it in the light today. Cleaned the area around the switch and the high pressure port. Removed the high pressure cap; it hissed a little as I did so and continued to bubble some (not spray) from the valve.
It looks like there is a seal on the underside of the cap, but this valve isn't supposed to leak even so, correct?
Earlier in the evening, the AC hadn't been working and they were having trouble keeping the windows clear. At a gas stop I have him put some R134 in to see if the system would start working - it did.
So when I got there, I couldn't see anything amiss other than the AC pressure switch was wet and AC wasn't working again (still some pressure in the system). I suspect the refrigerant was leaking from the switch and getting on the engine creating the burning smell. The car made it home from there without further problem. Ordered a Honda switch from vintage parts (and pulled one from a yard in Louisville).
Finally looked at it in the light today. Cleaned the area around the switch and the high pressure port. Removed the high pressure cap; it hissed a little as I did so and continued to bubble some (not spray) from the valve.
It looks like there is a seal on the underside of the cap, but this valve isn't supposed to leak even so, correct?
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