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Noel
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Oct 04, 2018

Dash A/C not working...advice, please ?

This is a 2003 motorhome on a W22 chassis/8.1L engine. Dash A/C is an Evans Tempcon RV218552, R134a. (Evans phone and email worthless).

No cold air comes out when activated. It makes a buzzing sound for 3 seconds..and silence for 5 seconds. Another 3 seconds of buzz and 5 seconds of silence. This goes on forever.

Heater works OK, with same noise/silence cycles.

Any ideas as to what is wrong ?
  • Noel wrote:
    Had a friend go under coach when running A/C. He saw belt/pulley jump a bit when the buzzing cycled. Noise is under coach, in back of two thermostatically controlled fans...only one was running. Ambient air was 50 deg and incoming dash air was 46 deg. Felt both A/C hoses and one was not colder than the other.

    Was this helpful...?

    Looks like you may have three problems.
    1. Cooling fan for radiator bad.
    2. Belt too loose or compressor clutch going bad.
    3. low on Freon.
  • Thank you all for your replies. When I go to a service center, I will have made lots of notes and possible solutions.

    THANK YOU...
  • Back from service. Low R134a was the problem. Probably the compressor seal dried out because I had not turned on A/C in 6+ months. Lesson learned. Will keep an eye out to see if the seal has been damaged.

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