On 07/05/2011 12:58 PM, Herbert Graf wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 11:32 -0600, Robert Rolf wrote:
>> It is also common, particularly in Chryslers, for the front seal on the
>> compressor to degrade, and the refrigerant to leak out through the
>> shaft. It happened to me. TWICE.
>> Chrysler even has a note in their owners manual telling you to run the
>> A/C monthly to keep the seals wet with oil. But who runs A/C in winter,
> Pretty much everybody runs their AC in the winter.
>
> The "defrost" setting on almost every car with AC out there runs the AC
> pump, for exactly this reason.
>
> Try turning on the defrost and even set to full heat you can hear the AC
> compressor cycling.
>
> TTYL
>
And in the Northwest "winter", running AC is very useful to help with=20
rain induced condensation.

-Pete
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