1996 Chevy Lumina compressor

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LARYHENRY
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Air Conditioning problem
1996 Chevy Lumina 6 cyl Two Wheel Drive Automatic 160.00 miles

hello. my compressor (ac) will not start all of the time.
i charged the system with freon. and it will work while the car is running. i turn the ac off wait 30 sec, or so the compressor will not restart. sometimes it will sometimes it wont. (only when my wife is driving it wont work!)ha ha . sometimes when i rev up the motor it will start.
i can tap the clutch on the compressor and it will start.
is there some type of relay switch for the compressor?.
or do you think i just need to replace the compressor.

the freon is full.
Jun 19, 2010 at 12:37 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

First check the voltage at the compressor clutch, if it is 12V constant and you can get it to pull in with a tap, i would be thinking that the clutch itself is faulty, these can be replaced with out removing the compressor in most cases, but there is a special puller needed.

mark (mhpautos)
Jun 19, 2010 at 12:48 PM
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