A/C not cold & gasoline odor on 91 EX and other problems

[bowzil]

I have several problems with my 91 EX.

1. The A/C is not as cold as other car (odyssey). The plastic under the glove is always wet. When I choose the outside air circulation, a white smoke came out from the vent. Whenever I turned on the A/C, I can smell a very strong gasoline odor. I could not find the source of the gas odor. I wanted to check it to the local mechanic, but they charge around $40-up for inspecting A/C. I checked the hood of my car and it says that I am using r-12. The mechanic shops sell r-12 $75 per pound (is it expensive?) and they sell r-134 for $15 per pound. They also offer conversion from r-12 to r-134 for $180 (is it considered cheap or expensive?)

2. As I mentioned before, the strong smell of gasoline odor whenever I turned on the A/C. Without the A/C on the odor is not noticable.

3. The ride height is uneven, the passenger side is higher since I change the front lower ball joint. Some people suggest that I need to change the other side, too. Could that be the problem? (not changing both lower ball joint make the car height uneven)

4. The central lock door will not work it is just making a clicking sound, but the lock will not go down and up. Do I just need to replace the power door lock module unit?

I am planning to buy Tokico HP blue shock to change my stock shocks, does anyone ever use this shocks with dropzone spring? I am looking for 2.5" / 2.25" drop. Is it a good combination?

Help really appreciated. Thanks

[93 10th anniv.]

if the plastic under the glovebox is always wet it sounds like your heater core may be bad and coolant is letting it get wet.

[bowzil]

if the plastic under the glovebox is always wet it sounds like your heater core may be bad and coolant is letting it get wet.

How to fix it? Is it going to be expensive to fix it?
Thanks

[MangoMechaniX]

I have several problems with my 91 EX.

1. The A/C is not as cold as other car (odyssey). The plastic under the glove is always wet. When I choose the outside air circulation, a white smoke came out from the vent. Whenever I turned on the A/C, I can smell a very strong gasoline odor. I could not find the source of the gas odor. I wanted to check it to the local mechanic, but they charge around $40-up for inspecting A/C. I checked the hood of my car and it says that I am using r-12. The mechanic shops sell r-12 $75 per pound (is it expensive?) and they sell r-134 for $15 per pound. They also offer conversion from r-12 to r-134 for $180 (is it considered cheap or expensive?)

2. As I mentioned before, the strong smell of gasoline odor whenever I turned on the A/C. Without the A/C on the odor is not noticable. ...

First check the A/C drain tube. It could be plugged and all that condensed water is falling on your passenger floor.

Check for a gasoline leak, likely under the hood where the outside air pick up is sucking some in when you switch to outside air.

R-12 is expensive because the U.S. stopped all domestic production. You might want to convert to R-134. I don't know the range of cost in your area. Call several shops and find the prices.

A gas leak should probably be fixed, no matter what.

[bowzil]

First check the A/C drain tube. It could be plugged and all that condensed water is falling on your passenger floor.

Check for a gasoline leak, likely under the hood where the outside air pick up is sucking some in when you switch to outside air.

R-12 is expensive because the U.S. stopped all domestic production. You might want to convert to R-134. I don't know the range of cost in your area. Call several shops and find the prices.

A gas leak should probably be fixed, no matter what.

Thanks