Is towing breaking my TV A/C?
So I have been towing since 2010 with my Sequoia (2010). I have a 6000lbs Jayco. In 2012 my car A/C broke and they had to change the compressor and other things. It would have been expensive but it wa...
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vspeed wrote:
Yes, the compressor sent debris everywhere I'm told. I do have gauges for engine and transmission temperature. I did not get any high temperature warning though obviously I wasn't paying attention all the time.
I will get a second opinion later this week. They told me something was bad with the compressor itself even when it was new. I just think it's funny it's the second time it happened in 5 years. Granted, I don't know if it was the same problem the first time.
This can and does happen with automotive AC compressors. A good mechanic friend of mine warned me to not keep on running the AC after it started acting up. If you stop running the compressor at that point, it's not so likely to come apart and trash the whole system. This bit of advice allowed me a compressor-only replacement on a GM pickup, and ignoring it cost ExBF the whole system.
So that part is possibly not BS.
