1990 Camry 3S-FE A/C Issue - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

jrock80 · 01-19-2006, 10:55 PM

With the weather being so cold lately, I dont run the air much other than to defrost the windows if its real humid in the car. Lately, my A/C has been acting up. It will run for a while then stop working and the A/C light on the A/C button will flash. I took it to the a/c place here in town and they checked the system and said it was full of freon still and looked like everything was in great shape. When I do run the a/c when it kicks on the car is pretty quiet, then when it turns off between cycles, it makes almost like a squeeling/grinding sound sometimes. The car still runs fine, no change in RPM or anything, then when the a/c kicks back on the noise goes away. Is my compressor going bad?

white90dx · 01-20-2006, 04:19 AM

probably the compressor clutch... which means you may have to replace the whole compressor... good luck.

-Charlie

jrock80 · 01-20-2006, 08:21 AM

Yay sounds expensive.

Camryamnesty · 01-20-2006, 08:36 AM

Yah pretty much anything that was to do with compressing... is expensive..

Digger1 · 01-20-2006, 11:13 AM

Jrock,

Sorry, but the only experience I have w/ this type of problem was w/ my Gen 1 Camry.

The A/C light was blinking when I tried to run the A/C. I had to install a new RPM sensor into the compressor. It was a PIA, since the system needed to be opened.

Good luck!