My truck over heats when A/C is on in park/idle?
1991 Ford Ranger XLT - 2.3L 4 Cylinder
Only over heats when A/C is on and is in park/idle. If I turn the A/C off it goes back to normal temp.
My old car which was a 2001 Mitsubishi Montero had 2 fans - big one for the engine and a smaller one for the condenser. However, this truck only has the big fan for the engine ran on a pulley. I'm assuming because of its age.
Anyway, the radiator is fairly new just a few years old, coolant level is full and is bright neon green/yellow so it's obviously still fresh. The fan spins normally as well. I'm thinking maybe there's a clog somewhere?
Also, not sure if this is relevant but the truck was extremely low on freon so i used A/C pro and used the dial on top of the can and set it to that current temperature as instructed, then i added freon until it was in the correct spot on the dial. It was fine but out of curiosity today I hooked it back of up to see what the dial said and the needle was way over in the red area.
If anybody has any ideas as to what could be causing this it would be great to hear back. Also, if there's certain things I should check let me know that as well.
First thing trhis truck takes r -12 refridgerent which you cvant get unless your have the certifacation for handling refridgerent… Next you say the raditor is fairly new the rangers had about 4 different readitors for the 2.3 engine do you have the right one does it have 2 rows or one? If one its the wrong one next is the the a/c condensor clean along with the raditor if the fins are full of bugs it won't cool also is the fan shroud still on the truck? If not get one
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