I've noticed the last couple of weeks that after I shut my truck off there is a lot of water coming off my condensor. It leaves a really good puddle/runoff. I know A/C's give off some water, but this seems excessive, and I thik I would have noticed it doing this earlier if it was a normal thing. Any ideas?


Jason

mine does the same

Humidity is the driving drip drip and puddle that will form ...





Mac

That was my guess, but it seems like there is a lot more than there ever was last year....I must be getting a little too paranoid. http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Geek.gif


Jason

you should be here in alabama.......95% humidity 95 degrees

I was gonna post the same thing.You should see the creek that forms every time I stop!http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/HiHi.gif


Normal deal no worries.http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Rock On.gif


Blake

Just make sure it is water.

testosterone.


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It should be obvious. You ARE talking about your Duramax, right?

Not To Be A Wise Ass But The Condenser DOES NOW SWEAT !!


THe Water Is Coming From The Suction Line And Evaporator

You know, it didn't dawn on me the whole time I was reading, until your post, RUMAXED!http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Approve.gif


SteveEdited by: YZF1R

RUMAXED, You're ritght. I dunno what I was thinkin for sure on that one... I guess everyone got the idea though!


SDAVER, 95deg and 95% humidity doesnt sound cool at all! http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Cool.gif


Thanks agian,


Jason

you should be here in alabama.......95% humidity 95 degrees


Same here in Houston. 100% humidity and 100 degrees. http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/HiHi.gif

If the evaporator is freezing up, maybe due to a clogged filter or low refrigerant, then there will be an abnormal amount of water after the truck is shut down and the ice melts.

The evaporator has quite a bit of frost on it, as do the lines coming from the compressor to the evaporator. Thats where all the H20 is coming from, the frost melting. Is the filter something I can check? I can add refrigerant if need be as well.


Thanks again,
Jason

Icing is indicative of low levels of freon... Might be worth throwing a set of gauges on and checking...

MaxFarmer, sounds normal to me. Mine leaves a big puddle on the garage floor and the humidity rarely gets to 40%. Try running in the recirculate next time to see if that changes the size of the puddle. Later! Frank

Out of the last 10 or so vehcles the wife and I have owned, this one leaves a bigger puddle then all of them combined.

Okay thanks. I guess I wont get too excited about it then. I'll have my mechanic take a look at the freeon levels when its in there getting a seal replaced on the front diff.


Thanks again,


Jason

I am no mechanic but, I took my truck into the shop (dealership) last week for some minor interior repairs and to have all 4 rotors turned. I did not mention the same a/c problem I was having as mentioned above. When I picked my truck up the service advisor told me they fixed my a/c without me mentioning it. Here comes the verdict directly off a Bankston Chevrolet invoice (warranty)


A/c not cooling and has excessive runoff.


D1180 Switch, Pressure Cycling replaced


1463 switch


FC:6c


Part#89040362


Count: 1



Found low factory charge and low pressure switch sticking open (old Style w/bans) 0.5 OLH to evac and recharge replaced low pressure cycling switch and evac and recharge sys., now cooling to 52 degrees. outside temp 95 and 92% humidity.


I thought this was normal but I guess I was wrong. Since I got the truck back it leaves 1/4 amount of condensation. I hope this helps. Again, I am no mechanic but this work was done on my truck 7-02-2004 and it corrected the problem.Edited by: noproblem

The filter is a cabin air filter and since your an 01 it's probably over due replacing. They were deleted on 03's I think probably because they were not being changed and causing problems. Anyway they may not be the problem, but if thev'e been in there since new it wouldn't hurt to have them replaced. BTW there are two of them.

Where are these cabin filters located?


Jason

Where are these cabin filters located?


Jason





check here:


http://dieselplace.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2884&KW=cabin+filter

Here's an update.... I had the levels checked and they were ok. I bought a set of new cabin filters and changed them out. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A LONG TIME AGO!!! Since I changed these, the water runoff and significantly dropped off and it cools much better! I would recommend checking these to some of you others with excessive runoff also!


Thanks for the pointers!


Jason

A lot of guys with the '03 and '04 trucks wish they had the filters.

I'll Second that!http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Clap.gif