Air conditioning

2002 TOYOTA PICKUP
120,000 MILES • 2.4L • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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AMBURA
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Air conditioning works, blowing cool air.

Compressor clicks on and clicks off perfectly.

All of a sudden it stops blowing cool air and instead starts blowing air like smoke from the vents.

After a while it starts blowing cool air again.

This will repeat itself.

Please your recommendation.
Nov 13, 2017 at 3:16 PM
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WRENCHTECH
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It sounds like the condensation is freezing up on the evaporator. It has a thermostat to shut the compressor down when that happens. Running the blower on low speed will make that worse.
Nov 13, 2017 at 4:56 PM
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