My 2014 Ford Fiesta was blowing hot air intermittently and then eventually all the time. Me being a complete dum dum I attempted to troubleshoot the problem, and I found that the compression clutch wasn't engaging. Tested the relay and fuses and they all worked fine, was also able to rotate the compressor by hand so I figured something had to be preventing the compressor from engaging, maybe the pressure switch?
Now, this should had been my que to take it to the mechanic and have him deal with it as I can't replace that switch at home anyway, but I decided to bypass the clutch relay to engage the compressor clutch and check the pressure. Remember the part about me being a dum dum? Yeah. The goal was to check the pressure on the suction side to see if that looked good, so I sat in the car to make sure cold air came out and about 30s after refrigerant started to discharged from the system, I couldn't see from where exactly as I was in the car. I immediately turned off the car and ran out of the garage as I didn't wanted to inhale too much of that stuff. It's been a few hours since then.
My first question is, should I bring a fan to my garage and try to vent it out? or does it disperse pretty quickly?
Second question, how much did I fudged it up?
Now, this should had been my que to take it to the mechanic and have him deal with it as I can't replace that switch at home anyway, but I decided to bypass the clutch relay to engage the compressor clutch and check the pressure. Remember the part about me being a dum dum? Yeah. The goal was to check the pressure on the suction side to see if that looked good, so I sat in the car to make sure cold air came out and about 30s after refrigerant started to discharged from the system, I couldn't see from where exactly as I was in the car. I immediately turned off the car and ran out of the garage as I didn't wanted to inhale too much of that stuff. It's been a few hours since then.
My first question is, should I bring a fan to my garage and try to vent it out? or does it disperse pretty quickly?
Second question, how much did I fudged it up?
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