My 2002 6 cylinder Accord has AC trouble. I noticed it a little last year, this year it's serious.
When driving at low speeds or stopped at a light it fairly frequently stops blowing cold air. In fact, the air becomes almost warm and feels a bit moist. I thought it might just be the compressor "getting a bit lazy" in its old age or perhaps a belt slipping.
But last week, while crawling home in Boston traffic, I noticed that when the cool air stopped the engine temperature gauge climbed fast, and high. Now that I'm looking for this I've seen it a couple times since.
Speeding up the engine (either putting it in neutral and giving it gas or by accelerating when the traffic starts moving again) starts the cooling again after a few seconds and the temp gauge drops.
Any ideas?
When driving at low speeds or stopped at a light it fairly frequently stops blowing cold air. In fact, the air becomes almost warm and feels a bit moist. I thought it might just be the compressor "getting a bit lazy" in its old age or perhaps a belt slipping.
But last week, while crawling home in Boston traffic, I noticed that when the cool air stopped the engine temperature gauge climbed fast, and high. Now that I'm looking for this I've seen it a couple times since.
Speeding up the engine (either putting it in neutral and giving it gas or by accelerating when the traffic starts moving again) starts the cooling again after a few seconds and the temp gauge drops.
Any ideas?