Here comes the rain. There is one more thing you can do before spending money on gear. Check that the compressor works. You can do several things. With the ignition ON, engine not running, go to a little box near the strut tower driver side, uncover the one towards the front of the car, pull the terminal on the side of it and plug it into #2. Push the buttom by the led light three times: push... one sec, let go...one sec, push...one sec, that three times. The system will run a self diagnostic through several components and one will be the compressor. If the compressor is engaging you will hear a loud click two times. If it does not, desconect the diagnostic terminal and turn ignition off. Pull the pressostat plug from the dryer, big can looking thing by the firewall passenger side. Make a jumper and jump the two terminals in the plug. Run a disnostic the same way again. If not click yet, stop diagnostic, turn ignition off. Here you may have a fault between the pressostat and the compressor. Unplug the wire to the compressor, make a three feet jumper and connect the compressor directly to the + terminal on the battery. If you hear a loaud click you compressor seems to be OK and you are probably low in refrigerat or may have a faulty pressostat.
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