Truck A/C problem??

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Truck A/C problem??

Postby SNOT » Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:46 pm

A/C in 2011 Ford F350 is acting up....it blows cold but barely blows - you can turn the A/C on as high as it can go and it sounds like it should when turned on high but the air barely blows out of the vents - it's still cold though.

Any ideas on what would cause that?
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Re: Truck A/C problem??

Postby booger » Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:30 pm

With our Fords at work, it's either the blender door or the goofy little plastic screen under the dash that is within the vent system.

My truck had a clogged screen. Remove dash, pain in the................ :evil:
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Re: Truck A/C problem??

Postby RedEyed Duck » Tue Jun 04, 2013 8:29 pm

booger wrote:With our Fords at work, it's either the blender door or the goofy little plastic screen under the dash that is within the vent system.

My truck had a clogged screen. Remove dash, pain in the................ :evil:
You ain't kidding, pain in the butt with it being a Ford. Tearing down a dash in one of those bad boys sucks!

Could be a blend door, actuator or resistor to fan speed switch.
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Postby randall25x » Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:32 pm

I hope somebody knows. I also have a 2011 F250 that does the same thing. Only way I can get it to start blowing right is to shut the truck off and restart it. Sometimes that doesn't work either. Seems to have a mind of its own some days.
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Postby jacksbuddy » Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:17 am

I had the same problem with my old S-10 on occassion. It could be as simple as the A/C vent tube being disconnected to the blower motor. Unfortunately, that may require the same procedure to fix (a.k.a. - remove the dash to clear the blockage.)
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Re: Truck A/C problem??

Postby slim jim » Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:23 am

sounds like the evaporator is freezing up. i havnt seen this problem yet on a f250. i'll kick it around and see if i can come up with anything
this look's like it's gona hurt
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Re: Truck A/C problem??

Postby SwampMan » Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:24 am

Sounds like a blend door. Is it blowing from any other location? Defrost, feet, etc? I don't know about 2011 fords, but other vehicles are vacuum actuated, so if there's a leak in the vacuum line it would cause symptoms similar to this.
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Re: Truck A/C problem??

Postby slim jim » Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:32 am

yall give me the build date off the truck or a vin number
this look's like it's gona hurt
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Re: Truck A/C problem??

Postby gtk » Wed Jun 05, 2013 8:03 am

could be several things as mentioned above.

mine is caused by a vacuum leak on the firewall. it blows fine until the engine gets a load on it, then it will start blowing cold air through the defrost.

I still haven't been able to figure out which vacuum line it is.
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Re: Truck A/C problem??

Postby edub20 » Wed Jun 05, 2013 12:11 pm

It's not blowing out the defrost vents or anything is it?
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Re: Truck A/C problem??

Postby MudHog » Wed Jun 05, 2013 12:17 pm

You can pull the glovebox out and see the blend door actuator, as well as, the re-circ actuator to see if they are functioning will full travel or getting hung up.
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Re: Truck A/C problem??

Postby RedEyed Duck » Wed Jun 05, 2013 12:32 pm

gtk wrote:could be several things as mentioned above.

mine is caused by a vacuum leak on the firewall. it blows fine until the engine gets a load on it, then it will start blowing cold air through the defrost.

I still haven't been able to figure out which vacuum line it is.
This is prob a bad check valve in the vacuum line. Cheap part, just gotta find it
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Re: Truck A/C problem??

Postby gtk » Wed Jun 05, 2013 1:02 pm

RedEyed Duck wrote:This is prob a bad check valve in the vacuum line. Cheap part, just gotta find it
i have the vacuum hose diagram. makes my head hurt just looking at it :shock:
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Re: Truck A/C problem??

Postby rubrail » Thu Jun 06, 2013 11:29 pm

2011?.... take the MF'r back to the dealer and tell them to fix it. It should still be under warranty. All our fleet Ford 1 tons are and they're 2010.
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Re: Truck A/C problem??

Postby SNOT » Fri Jun 07, 2013 7:24 am

rubrail wrote:2011?.... take the MF'r back to the dealer and tell them to fix it. It should still be under warranty. All our fleet Ford 1 tons are and they're 2010.
That's what I told the guy that drives it to do....it's one of our work trucks so he's gonna take it to the dealership and see about it getting covered under warranty.

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