Last summer there was a huge post about cleaning out the evaporator coil assembly located behind the fan under the hood. Personally, I cleaned mine last year, and cleaned it again this year and flushed a lot more stuff out of there. I get a few Maple Helicopters and a lot of dust.
For those of you who have NOT cleaned your evaporator, you simply need to disconnect your blower, remove the 4 screws that are holding it to the housing, remove the blower motor and fan, then take a water hose and flush out the cooling fins located through the hole. You'll be able to see the fins in there and there is a drain hole for the water, so don't worry about the water.
You notice a BIG increase in velocity of air through the vents, and much lower vent temperatures as well..
Good luck,
A friendly reminder from your friend,
Tallfarmboy
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Since I just bought my truck this past Dec., and wasn't a faithful reader of all this wisdom last summer, thanks for the reminder. I was just commenting today (94 degrees for the high) that my A/C seems cold enough, but I wish it would blow harder to cool the truck off quicker. I'm gonna clean mine 1st thing in the morning when I get off work.
'95 XL SuperCab, LWB, 4X4, 204,000 miles, E4OD, 4.10 LS(when it wants to be!), body lift, 305-70-16 Cooper STT's on 10" Eagle Alloy wheels, "Brand X"-inspired home-made open-element air filter, 3" downpipe & 4" straight pipe with 5" stainless tip exiting in front of the rear wheel, 6 pos. TS Performance chip (going to visit T. Wildman soon, I hope), FPR mod, A/C mod, MileMarker manuals, onboard air (York running off the alternator...1 five gallon tank) with dual Grover air horns
2000 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Edition, white w/tan top & interier, 119,000 miles, 4.0L, auto, loaded.....no mods, yet!
call me retarted, and i am going to assume this is the assembly in the passenger side near the firewall, can anyone point out specificaly what is the blower and whats the condenser [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] living in florida i NEED to do this
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'97 F-250 HD SC LB, 4x4 7.3, Tymar intake, Streamlight rechargeable, strobes, leveled out. Last of the OBS's
'03 F-350 SC LB, 4x4 7.3, loaded, 3.5" DP to 4" Ex, tymar intake, strobes and LEDs galore. windshield mount 3 gaude pod, DP F5(HI,stock,60T,80E,120R),BTS VB, 2.5" leveing kit. Toyo 315s. Last of the 7.3's
Just pull the washer housing,blower motor & your all set to wash away the trash.
Just be careful & not get water in the floorboard [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
Cheers
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95 F-250 XLT,SC,4x4,TDE1,LWB,4:56's,Dana 60,E4OD(lightly tuned),Tymared,Swamped,Lifted,rear disc brakes,6 pos chipped & a pile of other odd & end mods.Trucks,Parts & Misc. Pics 05 F250 V10 too
You might want to consider doing the A/C Mod, too. It blocks the hot water flowing through the heater core while the A/C is in the "off" and "Max" settings. Made a difference on my truck.
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'95 XL SuperCab, LWB, 4X4, 204,000 miles, E4OD, 4.10 LS(when it wants to be!), body lift, 305-70-16 Cooper STT's on 10" Eagle Alloy wheels, "Brand X"-inspired home-made open-element air filter, 3" downpipe & 4" straight pipe with 5" stainless tip exiting in front of the rear wheel, 6 pos. TS Performance chip (going to visit T. Wildman soon, I hope), FPR mod, A/C mod, MileMarker manuals, onboard air (York running off the alternator...1 five gallon tank) with dual Grover air horns
2000 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Edition, white w/tan top & interier, 119,000 miles, 4.0L, auto, loaded.....no mods, yet!
Oh yeah. Thanks a lot. I was just telling my wife last wek that I wish my fan blew harder. I don't know if my coil has ever been cleaned. I'll do this tonight. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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His: '95 F350 CrewCab, 3.55 SRW, 5spd std w/ Royal Purple, LUK SMFW, VDO Pillar gauges, Homemade open air intake, 3" Downpipe W/ 4" cat-back exhaust from Tymar, Tunes by DP Tuner, Baby Seat Mod on rear bench, 198K miles. It gets 21-23 mpg consistently (on the highway) and 17 mpg in town. My remaining planned mod list includes Amsoil & electric radiator fans.
Hers: 2004 Chevy Malibu Classic; 2.2Ecotec 4 cylinder. VERY dissapointed in mpg's.
Company Car (Daily Drive): 2007 Chevy Impala, Jet Black
Seems like this should be considered "routine maintenance" as big of a difference as it makes.
As a matter of fact, I think I'm gonna clean the FPR screen tomorrow as well...
BTW: I've got a Poor Boy A/C mod installed, an inline ball valve that I shut off in the summer.
TFB
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sure seems to have helped alot!,, PS whats this ballvalve and how can i put one in, im in florida and and it seems like a good idea for me, some more info maybe?
Don
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'97 F-250 HD SC LB, 4x4 7.3, Tymar intake, Streamlight rechargeable, strobes, leveled out. Last of the OBS's
'03 F-350 SC LB, 4x4 7.3, loaded, 3.5" DP to 4" Ex, tymar intake, strobes and LEDs galore. windshield mount 3 gaude pod, DP F5(HI,stock,60T,80E,120R),BTS VB, 2.5" leveing kit. Toyo 315s. Last of the 7.3's
Just install a shut off valve in one of your heater hoses. It shuts off the water to the heater core.
Chris
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1996 F250 XL 4X4 Automatic, 3:55 gears, Regular cab. Cruise control mod. Big tranny cooler. Autometer Phantom boost, pyro and tranny temp guages. Hypermax downpipe. Homemade open air intake. TS 6 position chip. Sonnax valve and tricumulator springs. Mobil 1 ATF. 162,000 miles so far.
One more thing to do while you're in there. I bought some disinfectant spray for home A/C's and sprayed the evap (I can't remember the name - it was Bio something). It kills anything in there and makes for better smelling air.
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'96 F350 SRW 4door 127k miles, 10k, fuel pressure shim, oilguard bypass filter, Amsoil, DP, Royal purple in the rear, stancor relay, SCMT 1705, ISSPRO pyrometer, free flowing 4" intake and Donaldson filter, Dieselsite aux tranny filter, Tymar coolant bypass filter.
I did mine today and it made a HUGE difference. The coils were filthy. It was black before I cleaned it and silver afterwards. Thanks for the tip!
Steve
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95 F350 CC LB 4x4 auto 4:10,216,000 miles A-Pillar with Autometer Ultar Lites, Twildman chip, 4" exhaust, 3" downpipe, DIY open air element intake, 2 inch lift, 285/75 BFG ATs, Sky Rsk, Sky rear shackle flip, Overhead console mod
Rebuilt trans @ 191,000, 4R100 TC, Mag trans pan, BTS valve body, custom painted interior My Truck
XL SuperCab, LWB, 4X4, 204,000 miles, E4OD, 4.10 LS(when it wants to be!), body lift, 305-70-16 Cooper STT's on 10" Eagle Alloy wheels, "Brand X"-inspired home-made open-element air filter, 3" downpipe & 4" straight pipe with 5" stainless tip exiting in front of the rear wheel, 6 pos. TS Performance chip (going to visit T. Wildman soon, I hope), FPR mod, A/C mod, MileMarker manuals, onboard air (York running off the alternator...1 five gallon tank) with dual Grover air horns
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