Well, I actually own a 91 Miata with AC and haven't noticed the drain before. Can't find it in the Workshop Manual too. Allthough I haven't got any problems with my AC I'll crawl underneath the glove compartment soon and have a look...
Jeroen
"Leon van Dommelen" schreef in bericht news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com... | "Jeroen Feelders" wrote: | | >Just for my general knowledge: where is this drain situated? I guess it runs | >from the evaporator to ??? | | I guess you still don't have many AC in the Netherlands. There is a short | rubber hose that runs from behind the glove compartment to the transmission | tunnel, passenger side of course. People with NA cars with AC get used to | finding water on the floor at the passenger side and taking out the hose to | unclog the exit of the evaporator enclosure behind the glove compartment | by poking with a screwdriver. | | Leon | | >Jeroen | >MX-5 Club Netherlands | >
| >| >> Have a question on the ac system on the Miata. Have a 90 with | >| >> r12. Took it in and the pressure is good and has the correct | >| >> amount of freon. But after 20-30 minutes of driving it stops | >| >> working and starts to blow hot air, but then will come back on | >| >> after a few minutes. Also, sometimes the rpms goes up to over 1500 | >| >> to 2000 while at idle, stopped at a red light and such. Any | >| >> ideas? Finding it hard to take it to a place that I trust and | >| >> want to be able to go in and at least have some idea what might be | >| >> wrong. | >| >
| >| > I've no idea, I have the same AC problem but not the idle speed problem | >| > on my Jeep. Could possibly be known problem on the '93 Grand Cherokee, | >| > the computer fails to send a signal to turn off the compressor when it | >| > should and the unit ices up. I doubt there's anything similar on the | >| > Miata but who knows? | >| >
| >| > I also had a similar problem on the Miata two years ago, AC was cooling | >| > just fine and then started blowing hot, like the compressor was turned | >| > off. Next time I drove, same thing, no AC. | >| >
| >| > I suspected low freon causing the pressure switch to stop the | >| > compressor. I took it in and they said it wasn't leaking but added a | >| > can of dye. | >| >
| >| > A few days later, it stopped again but when I stopped the car it worked | >| > when I started it again and...... it's never failed since! Go figure. | >| > BTW, the dye showed no leaks. | >| >
| >| > I really doubt any of the above will help you any, sorry. Isn't there | >| > anyone you know that can recommend a shop? That's probably the best | >| > way to find a good one.... | >| >
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