On 6/30/2011 1:46 AM, XS11E wrote:
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> Wierder and weirder, it seems time and temperature related. Tonight I visited a friend about 8 - 9 miles away. AC worked for
> about a mile, then quit. I left the house at 6:30 PM with the temperature at 112F.
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> I came home about 10 PM with the temperature about 110F, AC worked maybe 3 miles then quit. I turned it off and back on, no AC
> but I can feel the compressor kick in. I turned it off again for about a block or so, then back on, it worked great for about a
> mile then started blowing hot again.
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> Too damn tired to raise the hood... off to bed.
>
An off the wall guess is that there is a bit of crud floating around,
and plugging the orifice. When the compressor shuts off, the internal
pressures start to equalize, and may be causing the crud to move out of
the way. The next question is when was the dryer changed?

With the old freon, anything you do is gonna be expensive.
(Salvage, filter, reuse, etc. requires equipment that was not cheap!)