HOW to Diagnose Bad Air Conditioning Orfice Tube

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  • @tbrobst1
    @tbrobst1 4 роки тому +6

    Thanks for the tip of using a screw. That will be what I try next.

  • @frankspinazzola4045
    @frankspinazzola4045 3 місяці тому +1

    I just took one out of an f350 the exact same way. It was facing the same way with the long side in which I believe is backwards. The long end of the screen was bent over at the tip from trying to follow the bend in the tube which I believe made the flow worse. I personally have always put the in short end first.

    • @salemtaxi9026
      @salemtaxi9026  3 місяці тому

      @@frankspinazzola4045 try it both ways and see which way fits the best ,but I recommend calling the dealer and getting a schematic to see the correct direction

  • @dougshadrick9518
    @dougshadrick9518 2 роки тому +4

    Looks from the trash on the office air compressor is going down that's a lot of Metal Man

    • @miker252
      @miker252 Місяць тому

      Time to replace the compressor before it completely fails and fills the system with debris.

  • @ryans413
    @ryans413 3 роки тому +3

    So if it gets dirty enough would it keep the compressor from coming on. On my car my compressor dose not run unless I jump out the relay all the fuses and wiring is good I checked it. Could the pressure switch be the issue if there is too much pressure building up on the high side could it be a bad orifice tube just wondering cause everything else checks out fine I haven’t checked pressure cause I don’t have tools for that.

  • @michaelmartinez5217
    @michaelmartinez5217 3 роки тому +2

    Thanks for the vid im not gunna do it it iv.paid twice to have system fixed an supposedly swapped out. These weren't even mentioned.

    • @henrytoledo4103
      @henrytoledo4103 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah the same thing happened to a friend of mine 2 weeks ago. The shop didn't change the orifice tube and/or dryer either. I showed him what to do last weekend and ac is blowing great now..and yes the tube was caked full

  • @carlosspicyweiner7734
    @carlosspicyweiner7734 3 роки тому +12

    Orifice tube is not a filter. It changes the pressure of the “Freon (R12, R135, etc.). Some cars use an expansion valve.

    • @JacobEcret
      @JacobEcret 3 роки тому +6

      It also acts as a filter, you don’t see all that shit it caught?

    • @ryans413
      @ryans413 3 роки тому +3

      It’s a filter / expansion valve dose not change the Freon type. It takes high pressure gas after it passes through the condenser it forces the gas to go through a small opening which changes the gas to a liquid I think either goes from a liquid to a gas or a gas to a liquid into the evaporator coil low side pressure and gets very cold sometimes condenses it drips water out the bottom of the car. This tube is important and if it gets dirty can block refringent flow casing pressure to build up on the high side line and the pressure switch will stop the compressor from running cause pressure too high.

    • @aname1281
      @aname1281 2 роки тому +4

      @@ryans413 it is a expansion device, the separation between high and low side so it forces refrigerant through a small hole and it expands into the thicker line on the low side, high pressure liquid to low pressure liquid

  • @prohomevideos
    @prohomevideos Рік тому +3

    With all of that gunk picked up by the orifice tube, doesn't that says something about the overall condition of the a/c system? How does replacing the orifice tube fix the problem?

    • @salemtaxi9026
      @salemtaxi9026  Рік тому +1

      Sign of compressor breaking down internally

  • @juanprenteria5077
    @juanprenteria5077 Рік тому +1

    Do you think from 2014 and up Chevy models, still using this filter?????

  • @henrytoledo4103
    @henrytoledo4103 3 роки тому +3

    If you've got a Ford, they've designed it so you have to change the entire hose and not just the tube. Of course that doesn't apply to Every Ford product but a vast majority that I've run across

    • @prohomevideos
      @prohomevideos Рік тому +1

      They are clever at making money, just like the Econoline I have, there is a coil on every spark plug.

  • @dzorba1
    @dzorba1 4 місяці тому

    So mine is just as dirty and greasy as that one or maybe even a little more. The line it goes in is actually the bottom line going into the evaporator. Don't you think with it being that dirty and clogged that the evaporator would be clogged also?

  • @elchistarugo4794
    @elchistarugo4794 3 роки тому +5

    After changing just the orifice tube do i need to vacuum the system?or just taking it out and put it back?

    • @salemtaxi9026
      @salemtaxi9026  3 роки тому +5

      U must vacuum it out

    • @ryans413
      @ryans413 3 роки тому +2

      No you got to collect all the Freon first cause it’s against the law to let all the Freon escape into the atmosphere

  • @bjenks2
    @bjenks2 3 місяці тому

    Might change this on my A8L tomorrow. Air is only getting cold when idling and it was just freezing up my hands and the windshield

  • @jakechambers1739
    @jakechambers1739 3 місяці тому

    Make sure to decharge aka relieve the pressure of system before you crack that line or you’ll get sprayed in the face with ac dye, a friend of mine did this. I found it hilarious he however did not 😂

  • @trapoutag6602
    @trapoutag6602 2 роки тому +1

    How many are there just one or multiple ? (Ik it might depend on what car you have but mines a old gmc)

  • @potsak
    @potsak 2 роки тому +1

    Does all car brand have that orifice ?

    • @salemtaxi9026
      @salemtaxi9026  2 роки тому +1

      It’s part of the AC system
      But depends on the car manufacturer not all of them have one or something similar may be a different name but the same thing

  • @garylee3551
    @garylee3551 2 роки тому +2

    When disconnecting the pipe containing the orifice tube/filter, won't all the refrigerant escape into the air?

    • @salemtaxi9026
      @salemtaxi9026  2 роки тому +1

      Drain the system before doing this

    • @51-FS
      @51-FS Рік тому +2

      ​@@salemtaxi9026ain't that how u drain it?😅😅😅

    • @salemtaxi9026
      @salemtaxi9026  Рік тому

      @@51-FS no

  • @4200timeB
    @4200timeB 3 роки тому +2

    Is it me or was that not in the wrong way if you had a screw in that side then isn't that the side that goes in the tub first ?

    • @salemtaxi9026
      @salemtaxi9026  3 роки тому +1

      Install the way I did it.

    • @salemtaxi9026
      @salemtaxi9026  3 роки тому +1

      Look at the pipe how its contoured for the fit

    • @4200timeB
      @4200timeB 3 роки тому

      If you research it there is no solid clear answer how ever the tools they make to remove it have diagrams showing the opposite way you installed it as well as several other youtube vids an on the ford forms . now there is several showing your way . when i removed mine 05 f150 it was this way as well an i dont think it was ever replaced but who knows . it does say it can work fine either way so i just put it back the way i pulled the old one out....i think it was that way . a mystery to be solved by another.

    • @salemtaxi9026
      @salemtaxi9026  3 роки тому +1

      @@4200timeB always put back the way it came out. Alldata, a shop computer resource shows this way.

  • @derrickcrenshaw8360
    @derrickcrenshaw8360 Рік тому +1

    Where’s this at on a 2001 Honda Accord

  • @stanpalmer7153
    @stanpalmer7153 3 роки тому +1

    Watched your vid now tell me something when I put my gauge for refill it auto magically goes to the red on gage could compressor be bad

    • @salemtaxi9026
      @salemtaxi9026  3 роки тому

      If it goes to high you have a lot of pressure. Is the compressor turning on? . The pressure should drop when u turn on the compressor.

    • @stanpalmer7153
      @stanpalmer7153 3 роки тому

      It stays the same when compressor engages

    • @salemtaxi9026
      @salemtaxi9026  3 роки тому

      @@stanpalmer7153 test the high side if the low side pressure is higher then the low side. You may have a bad compressor. Or a clogged line. Or office tube
      Or you may be over charged. But if that were the case the car would probly bleed off the extra freon

    • @troubleshooter1975
      @troubleshooter1975 2 роки тому

      Which gauge? I'm guessing you're looking at the low side, BEFORE the compressor is running - the high and low side will ALWAYS be the same pressure when the compressor has been off and the pressure has had time to equalize... This will be outside 'operating' pressures, reading too high on the low side, and too low on the high side, ie, the same pressure...
      (note, the pressure gauges have different scaling, for the ranges they need to cover).
      View some better instructional videos, or better yet, get some direction from someone who knows the proper procedures...
      Mr KL

  • @bubbajohnson1861
    @bubbajohnson1861 3 роки тому +1

    Hey my dad has a 93 gmc sierra 4x4 can anyone tell me where the orifice tube goes

    • @salemtaxi9026
      @salemtaxi9026  3 роки тому +1

      its in the same location as you see in the video

  • @mtsanchez27
    @mtsanchez27 4 роки тому +1

    Hey brother you think a bad expansive shows low on the high pressure readings?

    • @salemtaxi9026
      @salemtaxi9026  4 роки тому +2

      It can if clogged . But sound like it may be a bad compressor. That's usually the case when u dont have high pressure on the high side. Unless the tube is completely clogged

    • @mtsanchez27
      @mtsanchez27 4 роки тому +1

      @@salemtaxi9026 ok thank you very much!

    • @ryans413
      @ryans413 3 роки тому

      @@salemtaxi9026 If the valve is clogged you will see pressure on the high side and if compressor will not run first jump out the relay see if it dose run then you know it’s probably a pressure switch keeping it from running probably have too much pressure built up from a clogged orifice tube

  • @robertstone6292
    @robertstone6292 4 місяці тому

    A highly knowledgeable guy at NAPA said i needed to flush the system. They sell the "flush". You have to use an air compressor to push it through. Disconnect the lines from the compressor first and have a catch tub

    • @BlackRam57
      @BlackRam57 2 місяці тому

      I’ve done the flush it ain’t all that

  • @davidlanca5731
    @davidlanca5731 2 місяці тому +1

    That is a lot of trash in the oriface tube. If you dont flush out that system with cleaner and properly service it, youll be doing this all over again, and most compressors youll void the warranty if you do not flush and clean the system. I bet that whole system is still caked with that junk. Youll probably be replacing the evaporator, and condenser.

  • @dougshadrick9518
    @dougshadrick9518 2 роки тому +1

    But with all that trash on that orifice tube man I would flush the system damn

    • @salemtaxi9026
      @salemtaxi9026  2 роки тому +2

      Yep good idea
      Remember that tube is a filter also

  • @badmatt4227
    @badmatt4227 Місяць тому

    This is just talking. He does not show the viewer where the orifice is located in the liquid line.

  • @jameschuke4104
    @jameschuke4104 2 місяці тому

    Lol