My 01 Taurus has an AC problem.
My AC was slowly getting less cool, until finally it just didn't cool at all any more. In fact it was blowing warm air, warmer than ambient temperature. I took it in, figuring it just needed a recharge. They ran an leak test and identified a small leak in the hose coming out of the accumulator or drier. Fair enough. They put in some more refrigerant with some leak stop stuff in it, and sent me on my way. Over the winter I didn't use the AC.
Now that it's getting warmer I tried out my AC, no dice, just blows warm air. I decided to get some refrigerant to fill it myself. I hooked up the can to the low side and the pressure was very high, about 110psi. Needless to say I didn;t add any refrigerant. In addition to that my compressor seemed to cycle on and off every 3 or 4 seconds. Still just blew warm air.
What am I looking at for solutions here? I don't mind getting a new accumulator and hose assembly for $110, but could it be the compressor instead? Thats significantly more pricey.