fan works when air is on , but not by itself ?

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FLORIDA11
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air will freeze up after 1 hour of use
Mar 24, 2012 at 3:55 PM
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FIXITMR
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what do you mean freeze up? what fan are you referring to?
Mar 24, 2012 at 4:00 PM
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FLORIDA11
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fan that blows air inside the cab
Mar 24, 2012 at 4:10 PM
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FIXITMR
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when you say AIR do you mean air conditioning/AC ?
Mar 24, 2012 at 5:19 PM
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FLORIDA11
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yes i do
Mar 24, 2012 at 8:04 PM
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FIXITMR
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what does air will freeze up mean?
Mar 24, 2012 at 8:50 PM
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FLORIDA11
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barely blows any thing, one of the pipes under the hood freezws up?
Mar 25, 2012 at 12:58 PM
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FIXITMR
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you probably have a bad low pressure cutoff switch-in the engine compartment on system line. your compressor is not cycling off to keep pressure from dropping to low and attracting to much moisture.
Mar 26, 2012 at 11:15 AM
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FIXITMR
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also if yours has the variable displacement compressor that can go bad by not changing/varying it's output to match conditions. default being max output.
Mar 26, 2012 at 11:20 AM
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FIXITMR
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was anything done to system prior to this happening? the whole system should be checked over. and are you saying with air off and sufficient time for ice to melt inside and out that the fan does not work at all or does not blow any air out though you can hear it run?
Mar 26, 2012 at 12:04 PM
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WRENCHTECH
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If the blower is not working, then it would be normal to see icing on the pipes. The blower has to be working.
Mar 26, 2012 at 12:17 PM
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