Interior Exterior
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Has anyone tried this stuff? Might be worth a shot.
http://www.afrlhorizons.com/Briefs/0001/PR9906.html
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The problem isn't with the coolant, it's the design of the evaporator core. It easily freezes (ices) over.
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Never heard of it. Interesting though. I don't think that, in my case, it's not nessesarilly the temp of the air but the lack of power behind the fan itself.
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Interesting. Has anyone investigated a more powerful fan? Has anyone measured the voltage reaching the fan on high? Perhaps it's not as high as it could be?
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It could help... Do you want to be the guinea pig and test it out? Please take quantitative data (thermocouple in AC vent) and I'm sure the rest of us in hot climates will appreciate it
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qball's right. Our system currently has the ability to ice up the evaporator core...we don't need improvements to the refrigerant, we need to do a better job of getting heat into that core (ie, more airflow). Once we get to the point where it won't ice up, things like that additive could begin to make sense.
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My Elise's AC system has four fan settings:
Off
1 - is it still off?
2 - I think I hear something now...
3 - hey! I feel a slight breeze!
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I find the fan speeds too close together - the first setting is too high / noisy and should be cut back... As for AC there are other posts on the forum about routing of hoses and what they are adjacent to etc which may be part of the problem - you can do a search to find them...
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Regarding QwikBoost, it was one of the few "magic" coolant additives that actually did show an improvement in an R134a system, but some people also found that it destroyed valves and such. It has even been shown to remove paint! Anyway, it appears to have been removed from the market. There doesn't seem to by any more online sources that sell it. I suspect that's because of the damage it can cause.
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Regarding QwikBoost, it was one of the few "magic" coolant additives that actually did show an improvement in an R134a system, but some people also found that it destroyed valves and such. It has even been shown to remove paint! Anyway, it appears to have been removed from the market. There doesn't seem to by any more online sources that sell it. I suspect that's because of the damage it can cause.
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somebody please come up with a TURBO A/C unit for this car!
I refuse to drive any other vehicle so this is my daily driver...and the heat is coming SOON here in Florida!
how come my MR2 had a great a/c...cant we squeeze something into this girl?
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somebody please come up with a TURBO A/C unit for this car!
I refuse to drive any other vehicle so this is my daily driver...and the heat is coming SOON here in Florida!
how come my MR2 had a great a/c...cant we squeeze something into this girl?
Have you taken your car to an auto ac shop for 134a check. All the car dealers on my cars just said they were up to spec. I now go to a shop that puts the dye in and checks the charge. A little helps if it's not up to spec. I also got a uv led pencil light to find leaks. Neat little tool.
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somebody please come up with a TURBO A/C unit for this car!
I refuse to drive any other vehicle so this is my daily driver...and the heat is coming SOON here in Florida!
how come my MR2 had a great a/c...cant we squeeze something into this girl?
Oh no, I sense another Frank / Jay debacle thread-jack coming on here. ^2
Actually, I would love a better blower in my Elise. I used to take my s2000 up to the mountains when it was in the 30's out - and I would have to turn the heat down (with the top down) because it got so f'in hot inside. Not the same problem with the Elise (and I gotta believe all the air that jets into the cabin with the top off is bad as well).
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My fan puts out plenty of air. Like Garyd said it is really too high on the lowest speed. On the high fan setting the air is not very cold which indicates to me that the system can not supply enough cooling for the volume of air it can move. Maybe later build cars have stronger blower motors. An extra or larger fan on the condenser would probably help at low speeds.
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On the high fan setting the air is not very cold
This can often be because that condenser coil has frozen over, and the air coming from the blower is not passing through the coil to be cooled. If it is cold when you first turn it on, then warms up, this could be the problem...
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If you act now and order a case, you'll get this tank top
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If you act now and order a case, you'll get this tank top
Can I get it in black? I already have three brown ones...
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My Elise's AC system has four fan settings:
Off
1 - is it still off?
2 - I think I hear something now...
3 - hey! I feel a slight breeze!
You may have a malfunctioning multi-function relay pack. Try another one to see if the fans work differently.
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What is the diameter of the the cooling fans? Thanks for the tip on the coupler Dave.