A/C works great, for a time, then struggles.2010 Adrenalin well maintained, looks new 100,000 miles

[thejohn-texas]

2010 sport trac A/C quits cooling or can barely cool a little, the turn it of wait a couple seconds, turn it back on, cold as ice.....anybody know of this

 

[Tony Lugo]

Sounds like a clog orifice tube . Not expensive and not hard to remove and replace. Will have the empty Freon and store it and recharge unit back with Freon when finished.

 

[Greg Gibbs]

I had similar symptoms which turned out to be a slipping clutch on the compressor. I removed one spacer (it was the only one in there) to reduce the gap and now my A/C works great. NOTE: This is the original A/C compressor on my 2002 ST (169K miles).

You can find videos on YouTube regarding how to adjust the compressor clutch gap. It was a relatively easy fix.

 

[Harold Knutzak]

I will concur with Mr. Gibbs. Same model, same year, same problem, same results!

 

[Todd Z]

Hooking it to the TRI gauge setup will tell you right away....