"Wanna Be Cool Part 4 : Use Your Car's A/C Properly & Avoid Compressor Failure"
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Car Connection WorkshopApr 20, 2026
"Wanna Be Cool Part 4 : Use Your Car's A/C Properly & Avoid Compressor Failure"
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Concept
compressor failure
The A/C compressor is the part that pumps refrigerant through the air-conditioning system. If the system is used wrong or isn’t maintained, the compressor can fail, and repairs can get costly.
Concept
A/C usage seasonality
When the weather finally warms up, people start using the A/C again—and that’s when problems show up. If the system hasn’t been used in a while, it may not work as well right away.
Your car’s air conditioning is the system that cools the inside of the car. If it’s not working right, it can strain parts that make the cooling happen.
The Toyota FJ Cruiser is a Toyota SUV. They’re saying they’ll be doing spring maintenance on a 2007 model, and they have to coordinate other repairs in the shop first.
A front bumper cover is the outer piece on the front of the car that you can see and that gets scuffed or cracked. If it needs paint, the shop has to be careful and plan the timing so everything else stays clean and protected.
A muffler is the part of the exhaust system that makes the car quieter. If the muffler’s insides break apart, it can rattle loudly and even restrict the exhaust, which is why it needs to be removed and replaced.
Company
Napper
Napper is who they talked to after noticing the muffler was coming apart. They checked the paperwork to see what kind of coverage or warranty the part had.
Some car parts have warranties that only cover them for a limited time. In this case, the discussion suggests the taillight/brake-light-related warranty may stop once the lights start acting up, so you might have to pay for repairs.
A pulley is a wheel that a belt runs over. If a pulley wears out or starts to fail, it can cause belt problems, noise, or even damage nearby parts—so replacing the right ones matters.
“AC season” is when lots of people start needing air-conditioning work at the same time. Because everyone needs repairs, prices for parts and service can go up.
AC line sets are the hoses that carry refrigerant around the car. If you’re replacing AC parts, old lines can leak or be contaminated, so a new line set helps the system work reliably again.
An orifice tube is a small restriction in the AC system that controls how much refrigerant goes into the cooling part. If it gets clogged, the AC may not get cold and the compressor can end up working harder than it should.
The evaporator is the part inside the AC system that actually makes the air feel cold. Refrigerant flows through it and picks up heat from the cabin. If it’s damaged or clogged, the AC won’t cool well.
The condenser is the part that dumps heat outside the car. If it’s damaged or clogged, the AC can’t get rid of heat effectively, so the system may run poorly and the compressor can be put under extra strain.
Vehicle ownership fundamentals are the basic habits and knowledge that help prevent expensive failures—like recognizing symptoms early, understanding maintenance timing, and using systems correctly. The host frames this as the goal of their channel: learning how things break and what to do sooner.
“Cause correction confirmation” is a diagnostic workflow: identify the root cause, apply the correct fix, then verify the repair worked. It helps avoid repeat failures by ensuring the problem is truly solved, not just masked.
Concept
prevents repeat AC failures
The point here is that if you do the AC repair the right way, it should keep working for a long time. With AC systems, small mistakes can cause the problem to come back.
A maintenance schedule is the “when to service things” plan for your car. The idea is that if you keep up with it, you reduce the chances of breakdowns and make the car last longer.
HVAC stands for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. In this context, the host is positioning themselves as an HVAC technician focused specifically on vehicle A/C systems, which helps frame the advice as practical and technical rather than general.
Concept
refrigerant system failure risk from improper A/C use
They’re basically saying that if you don’t use your A/C properly, you can end up damaging the system—often starting with the compressor. The compressor is expensive, so the goal is to avoid the conditions that make it work too hard.
Your car’s air conditioning is like a small refrigerator. It uses a special liquid that gets compressed and cooled to pull heat out of the car and dump it outside.
“Max AC” is the setting that tries to cool the car as fast as possible. It usually cranks the fan and cooling as hard as it can, so you get cold air quickly.
When your A/C fan is on low, the air spends more time going through the cooling part of the system. That lets the A/C cool the air more, so the air coming out feels colder than when the fan is blasting.
Your A/C has a cooling part called the evaporator. It’s usually tucked inside the dashboard area, so fixing it can be a bigger job than parts you can reach under the hood.
Your A/C uses a special fluid (refrigerant) to move heat out of the car. If it’s leaking, the A/C won’t cool well and can cause bigger damage if you keep using it.
A sunshade is a cover you put in the windshield to keep the sun from heating up your car. If the cabin isn’t as hot, your A/C doesn’t have to work as hard to cool it down.
When your car sits in the sun, the inside gets extremely hot. If a sunshade cuts that heat down, the A/C can cool you faster and doesn’t have to fight as much heat.
A cracked dashboard is a common age/heat-related issue, often caused by UV exposure and thermal cycling. The host frames it as labor-intensive to replace and as a factor that can hurt resale value.
They’re talking about a Honda Civic and how the sun can ruin parts on the outside of the car. UV rays can fade paint and even melt or warp plastic pieces like bumpers.
Tinted windows reduce solar heat gain and can improve cabin comfort, especially in hot climates. The host also ties tinting to the idea of keeping heat down inside the car, which complements proper A/C use.
The host references a specific shop, Cider Automotive, as the place that performed the safety inspection and the window tint work. This is a local service mention rather than a technical concept, but it can be useful context for listeners looking for reputable installers.
Window tint is a dark film on your windows that helps keep the inside cooler and reduces glare. The host also warns that how dark it is can be illegal in some places, which can lead to tickets or police stops.
A Supra is a Toyota sports car. The host is telling a story about driving one to Watkins Glen and learning that very dark window tint can get you in trouble depending on where you are.
When it’s scorching hot, the car can trap heat and pressure. The host says cracking the windows a little helps that heat escape so the windshield isn’t stressed by extreme heat buildup.
The windshield is the front glass of your car. The host is saying that in extreme heat, trapped pressure/heat can stress the windshield and potentially cause damage.
The idea is that when it’s very hot outside, your car can trap heat inside. That trapped heat can build up quickly and create problems, so the host suggests ways to let heat escape and keep the cabin cooler.
The transcript describes how a parked car becomes extremely hot, and that the A/C must first remove heat from hot interior materials (seats, plastics, carpet, etc.). This is essentially heat soak: the cabin contents absorb heat and must be cooled before you feel strong cold air.
The engine bay is the space under your car’s hood. The speaker is talking about heat and materials there, as part of a larger point about how things can get dangerously hot.
They’re describing a trick where you crack the windows a little while running A/C. As you drive, the moving air helps push warm air out and lets the cold air circulate better.
“To the floor” means the A/C air comes out near your feet instead of at your face. That can make the cabin feel cooler where you’re sitting.
Concept
airflow and suction while driving (vortex flow)
They’re saying that when you drive, the airflow around the car creates a kind of “pull” through the small window gaps. That can help move warm air out and bring cooler air in.
Concept
cold air is heavier than hot air (convection/stratification)
They’re explaining that warm and cold air behave differently in a room—warm air tends to go up and cooler air tends to settle lower. That can affect where you feel the cold air in the car.
They’re basically saying there’s a right way to turn on your car’s A/C so it cools quickly. Do the setup steps first (like closing the windows and using higher fan speed) instead of just blasting it however you want.
Term
thermometer a meatometer
The host mentions using a “meatometer” (likely a thermometer/gauge) mounted in the dash to monitor temperatures related to the car’s heating/cooling performance. The point is that watching real temperature trends can reveal issues sooner than waiting for a dashboard warning light.
A “telltale sign” is an early symptom that something is wrong before a formal warning appears. In this context, the host argues that temperature monitoring can alert you to cooling/heating problems faster than relying on dashboard indicators.
A “service light” is a dashboard warning indicator that typically appears when the car’s onboard diagnostics detect a fault. The host’s point is that relying on these lights can be slower than monitoring temperature trends.
Instead of turning everything off at once, you turn off the A/C but keep the fan blowing. That helps cool things down and reduces strain on the A/C system before you reach your destination.
Concept
pressure staying inside the A/C compressor
The A/C system works by keeping refrigerant under pressure. If you leave it running in a stressed way, it can stay hot and put extra strain on the compressor.
Right before you park, turn the A/C off but keep the fan running low. That gives the cold part inside the dash time to dry out, so it’s less likely to smell bad later.
If the A/C cold coil stays wet, germs can grow on it. That’s why the smell can come back even after you try cleaning—because the problem is inside the system.
A deodorizer can cover up the smell for a little while, but it doesn’t fix the problem inside the A/C. If the dirty, wet part is still there, the odor comes back. The real fix is cleaning the A/C source.
The speaker is saying that if the A/C part stays wet, mold can grow in it. Mold can smell bad and may bother people who have breathing problems. The goal is to prevent moisture and contamination from lingering.
Spores are microscopic reproductive particles that can survive cleaning and contribute to recurring microbial growth. The transcript emphasizes that even a small amount left behind can restart the process, so thorough cleaning/disinfection matters.
Concept
blow it out
After spraying disinfectant, they’re saying to remove what’s left behind (and moisture) so the system is actually clean. That helps prevent the problem from coming back.
The AC has tubes that carry refrigerant. If something goes wrong, dirt or debris can get stuck in those tubes, so the mechanic may need to clean them out before putting everything back.
They’re saying to get your AC serviced on a schedule (every couple of years). Regular maintenance helps keep the system clean so you’re less likely to end up with a big, expensive problem later.
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get our own planet we can fix that right okay let's jump into the today's
topic and we're gonna wrap it up and thank you to those who sent in a little
message saying can we get part four of want to be cool because the warmer
weather whether we want to believe it right now or not it's it's gonna get
here and looking at the weather trends and when we had the shop on the Hamilton
Mountain for a little over a decade when it was bouncy like this suddenly the
sunshine would show up and we'd hit like close to 80 degree 80 degrees two days
three days in a row and that's when the phone went nuts people went crazy get
their air conditioning taken care of that's when they hit the button and go
oh that's not good it's not working it's not working if it is working it's not
working I don't know but I'm not happy Jerry that's what would happen well if
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maintenance on the 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser it's the last one in the door the
rocket will be finished up once and all everything else is done I got paint work
to do but I cannot do that until everything and every body is out of the
workshop I've got a front bumper cover that needs painting and that takes a
strategy to get it done in the shop without turning everything red and that's
all that needs to be finished on no I got to put a muffler on that's right
that's arrived now the cheapy muffler has fallen into a million corn flakes
inside itself you look at the muffler on the outside and it looks perfectly okay
until you shake it then it sounds like it's full of skittles inside and the
fear there is that whatever is broken away a bigger piece chunk breaks off and
blocks the exhaust pipe itself it is possible but it vibrates like crazy and
it sounds nasty so it has to come off but now I the muffler I thought I bought
for that car way back a couple of years ago it doesn't get used a lot it's a
it's a scoot around car for the summer air conditioning works amazing and it
wasn't and after I reported to Napper that the the muffler was like coming
apart inside and making all kinds of noises they looked up the invoice it
was oh it only had a 90-day warning on it and I go if somebody had told me that I
would have said thank you but no thanks yeah if you can only give me 90 days
warning on a car part are you crazy I'm not even I'm not putting that on my own
vehicle let alone on yours you know what I'm saying no what does it tell you about
the quality of the part if you only get 90-day warning it can't be any good right
am I the only one who thinks that way it can't be all that great if that's all I
got it's three months and it's over now it's not quite as bad as is a taillight
taillight warranty you know once the break lights come on the warranties off
yeah that's that's a tight one too I'm surprised the domestic car companies
haven't come up with that one taillight warranty man have you been watching and
listening to what's going on with some of the domestics some of the stuff that's
breaking down is catastrophic and in this day and age with the technology
there's no excuse for that folks none you know I look at the price tag and then I
look at that the headaches that these customers are going through their
vehicles tied up for months on end and you're paying for that you're making the
payment paying the insurance and it's car down no good we'll talk about that in
another program I've been watching it closely and it's just I shake my head and
just go what are the what are they doing what are you doing yeah maybe they're
only giving you 90-day warranty I don't know I don't know anyhow I got smart went
online to my online resources for car parts that's where I go I've been I've
been a napper guy for 44 years and I haven't been able to give them a whole
lot of sales because their prices are bizarre I'll give you another example
well you'll see the video but I yeah I don't want to blow that out but anyways
one of the components that I need to replace there's three of them two are
identical one is different you'll have to watch the video to see what I'm talking
about and the last time I bought just one of these particular components it was
a pulley so we'll give it a name it's a pulley it was $93 from napper in 2021
got it I bought all three in a kit and they are I am impressed by the quality
all three pulleys that need to be replaced at a specific time because if
you don't the catastrophic damage is not absorbable it's just not so I bought
all three in a kit and it arrived yesterday a day early for 36 bucks and
right away I opened the box to look at them because I wanted to see the quality
and I don't see a difference between the last ones I put in and the ones I just
got yesterday so all three pulleys for 36 bucks one pulley in 2021 $93 you see
what we're up against yeah it's a little crazy out there on the parts pricing
so and getting into air conditioning season I can only imagine what we're
going to be dealing with for prices compressed AC compressor line sets
orifice tubes evaporator cores condensers I can only begin to use my
imagination what the price structure is going to be so you'll have to watch that
video because I'm going to cover a lot of material in about three or four 15
minute segments so I don't take up too much of your time you can watch a
segment come back watch the next one next one a lot of work but it's you know
what it's not even at the end of the day you'll be shocked at how much work I got
done with the parts and everything back in 100% working order as we head for
400,000 kilometers I'm well over the halfway mark just so you know I bought
that vehicle at 152,000 kilometers and I'm not gonna tell you anything else you're
gonna want to watch the video and take a look take a look for yourself and I'll
walk you through what I'm doing why I'm doing it so again it comes down to what
it is where it is how it works how it breaks and what you could have done
sooner or better or learn some basic vehicle ownership fundamentals that's
the whole purpose of our YouTube channel every video teaches you that the five
things and the four things concern cause correction confirmation that's how we
wrap it up yeah we don't get the parts can it out but there's specific job
that if you do the job correctly you're good for another hundred hundred and
fifty thousand K unless there's component failure and we cannot guarantee
there's no I have no crystal ball that can prevent that from happening but if
we're putting in the maintenance and we're following a maintenance schedule
how long would your automobile last if you actually followed a proper
maintenance plan well I bought it at 152 and we're about 60 about 60,000
kilometers not quite I think I'm at I remember right I'm at 359 that's right
359 I'm at 359,000 kilometers heading for 400 yeah and in the video one of the
videos one of the series I will tell you I will disclose what I paid for that 2007
FJ Cruiser from the original owner I am the second owner the lady I bought it
from very nice lady school principal out in the Kingston area very very nice
family and so I'll share some of those extra details right now let's jump right
into part four this is it if you want to be cool this summer you need to get on
that air conditioning now but today part four I teach you all the tips and tricks
I know as an HVAC tech heating ventilation and air conditioning I only do
vehicle air conditioning or highway trucks and coaches that's what I'm
licensed for in that area so I have several licenses my diesel endorsement
light truck and passenger vehicle and I used to have other endorsements as well
I did propane conversions natural gas conversions but I let that all go because
that's kind of gone by the wayside many years ago that was interesting work
custom fitting all the natural gas conversion and propane conversion into
different years makes a model so it was interesting work do's and do nots today
with air conditioning I'm going to teach you today how to use it properly because
when you don't that's when things go here's the technical term kafufnik yeah
you can use that if you wish kafufnik that's when things go kapooey and it's
usually starts with the air conditioning compressor it just can't take it so if
you I'm gonna use some terms today and you I go I don't know what that is you
need to go back and listen to all three all three episodes I give you the coup
de gras in every single one the do's and do nots how the air conditioning system
works all the components that make up the refrigeration system that's in your
car you basically have a refrigerator with the door taken off in your
automobile it works eggs both work exactly the same if you have central air
conditioning it works exactly the same except you don't have that big garden
apparatus yeah we we hide ours tall grass but I'll tell you when you're
sitting out on the patio and that thing comes on you're almost thinking you're
gonna take off but anyways when it's when it's hot and steamy outside it's nice
to sleep comfortable amen same within the car if you got to do a pretty decent
drive in the car ladies isn't it nice to have that air conditioning so that you
arrive look at work looking like you got dragged through a hedge backwards yeah
that your clothing fits like a pillsbury weiner wrap not good and not
comfortable either so number one the coldest air conditioning you can ever
create in your automobile is on what most of you believe that it's on high fan
speed so you get in max AC max out the fan speed and you know your hair is
getting blown out out of condition and you got to fix that before you get out
of the car ladies you know the deal and some of your fellas I know some guys
like it's like don't touch their hair they'll lose it I mean they'll go into
orbit they would have beat the Artemis was it the Artemis that you know did
figure eights around the earth and the Sun I don't get that but just the same
would have been a nice ride I wonder if they had snacks what kind of snacks do
you think they had did they have coffee in that spaceship I would hope so they
have Netflix just kidding I don't even watch TV I just don't find anything that
entertaining anymore so can you write something that's interesting anyways
coldest AC you're going to achieve in your automobiles is max AC low fan speed
I know I hear oh I gotta feel that cold air well the coldest air comes out on
low fan speed let me explain when you have a fan picture a block of ice
sitting on a ginormous pizza tray yeah okay so you're catching all the drippings
and a fan sitting behind it on one side in front of you and you're on the other
side the fan is blowing the air you've got that thing on full blasts highest
speed the fan can produce and it's blowing across that block of ice if you
were to have a thermometer in your hand that was isolated from your body
temperature or a thermal heat gun you would be able to see what the temperature
the coldness is with the fan on high speed now that's when I would say now
put the fan on low speed the low lowest speed you can get on that fan so I call
that gear number one now take the temperature watch the difference it is
eye-popping and why is that let me explain so airflow when it moves slowly
it gathers up either a as much heat as it possibly can or b as much coolness as
it possibly can depending on whether you have the heater on or you have air
conditioning on your warmest your hottest temperature will be on low fan
speed in your car and your coldest temperature will be on low fan speed so
as the air passes through the little unit that looks like a radiator and as I
mentioned they put that in the car first the automobile then they build the car
around it because to get to those evaporator cores which is inside the car
is quite a challenge on most automobiles and the problem is and I'm going to
pick on the domestics again I never had one domestic car in my lifetime that
didn't have complete air conditioning failure with the same components in the
leading component being a leaking evaporator core inside the car so the
refrigerant is leaking out inside the car and there's only one way to fix it
you got to get into that area which means taking most of the car apart inside
get the evaporator out and put a new one in there yeah lots of fun and a diet
soda and maybe a bag of Doritos possibly maybe not corn chips cheese doodles
okay we better stop get spinning out of control here so low fan speed max AC
that's your coldest next thing so you've just climbed into your car and it's
piping hot in there I'm gonna be a couple of tips right out of the gate get
yourself a really good sunshade that goes in the windshield I know I hear the
lazy ones saying you know that's gonna take three minutes out of my life okay
folks we got to get past all that to win you got to be willing to fall in love
with the effort whether it's losing weight whether it's being a better
person whether it's being a better husband or a wife or a friend or a sister
or a brother are you getting the picture you got to be willing to put in the
effort if you're not willing to put in the effort then nothing happens so if
you want to change some things in your life you've got to change some things in
your life if you're a procrastinator you got to beat that you're talking to
someone who used to be like that and it was a balance of a lot of things you
know people mess you up right they do if you let them they'll mess you up you
got to get past that and move forward and have purpose but if you're a lazy
person and I'm not disrespecting you but I would be your encourager every
single day if I saw you every single day is to do stuff so get yourself a
sunshade if you came by the car connection workshop anytime of the night
or day you will see that the vehicles have sunshades in there's a couple of
reasons for that it stops the dashboard from cracking it reduces the inside this
will blow you away it reduces the in car temperature by up to 40% did you hear
that up to 40% so two things I don't like replacing cracked dashes it's a
big job and it reduces the resale value of your vehicle and the sun is
extremely dangerous to car parts plastic and that's why I'm painting the the
bumper on the in 99 Honda Civic the red red and in dark colors the sun just
bleaches it right out and the J being is dark blue and I'll show you a picture of
the back bumper it's melted it's literally the top edge of it the rear
bumper cover is melted so that's the intensity of the sun so if you go out by
yourself a decent not a dollar store thing those things are trash but once in a
while they have some really good ones I mean really really good ones because I
bought a stack and I was giving them away at our booth last year at the car
shows in our wash pail so they want to know where we're gonna be we always give
away a really cool wash pail everything's in the pail except for the
water and people so you have to do it yourself but anyhow I got some I scored
some really good sunshades and they must have bought some kind of odd lot or
something but they weren't the dollar store ones those are lousy they're so
edging that they stitch on there it's not fabric it's like a paper and then the
sun totally torches it and it goes everywhere in your car on your clothes
everywhere it's terrible horrible don't get those buy yourself a super duper
heavy-duty sunshade and get used to putting that in the window it will
reduce the in-car temperature by up to 45 percent how cool is that no pun
intended so you want to put that in there get the heat down inside the car
tinted windows excellent investment excellent investment absolutely the fj I
had that done back in 2000 and I bought it in I just checked that December 27th
2013 was when I bought that yep and I had the windows tinted at the shop that
was doing the safety inspection and that was a cider automotive out in Wayne
Fleet Ontario Canada that was when Lily and Randy were running the shop but now
it's I can't remember the guy's name now but Randy and Lily do pop in there once
for a while but Randy did used to do window tint and so when I said I got to
find somebody who can do window tint he goes I used to do that I'll do it for
you so window tint will also reduce in car temperatures by another 40% and it
makes I'll tell you folks it makes a huge difference so with the sunshade and I
don't have it like limo tint I don't want to you know if you go south of the
border and your window tint is too dark and you go into some states you're gonna
meet the guy with that you're gonna meet the cowboy with the hat on and the
pistol on his waist yeah and the blue flashing lights you're gonna meet him
fast I did one time down to Watkins Glen in my Supra yeah it wasn't good that's
all I'm gonna tell you it was not good my Supra was black on black and I had
really dark window tint it wasn't allowed in the state of New York Watkins
Glen area so that caused a lot of problems for me a long ways from home
any hoes those are two things that will serve you extremely well so you come on
to work or out of your home and you're heading off to work and it's cooking
outside you should also if it's super duper hot outside crack your windows
down about the thickness of your index finger give your car a little gap because
if the heat builds up too much it'll pop the windshield I've seen that happen I've
had it happen to myself it'll pop the windshield so you want to let that hot
air in there that's expanding at a rapid rate you want it to get out of there
it's got to get out of the car so pop the windows down again about the
thickness of your index finger next you get in that car and it's still it things
will be hot to the touch if you haven't used a sun shade and you don't have
tinted windows then it's gonna be cooking in there yeah and if you you know
you had a muffin tray and set that inside there your muffins would be ready by the
time you come out of work and it's hot I mean they inside of a vehicle gets so
hot so when you put your air conditioning on guess what happens same as in
your home if you're a person that turns air conditioning on and off on and off
it's either on or it's off your air conditioning system has to work hundred
times harder than just leaving it on setting the temperature and letting
everything that's in the building cool off because if there's any warm objects
in your building like drywall plastics furniture carpeting flooring all the
coolness gets scurfed up by those warm objects your car is exactly the same
these the seats are hot the plastics all hot everywhere and you know these
vehicles have so much plastic it's no wonder when they start on fire they
they're so toxic and they burn so fast because plastic is a form of gasoline
hello and all this plastic under the hood if a fire breaks out in the engine
bay on your vehicle ten minutes the car is done it's over because all that
plastic again is a form of gasoline it's made with petroleum so yeah it's
lightweight and you get better gas mileage because the vehicles like but if
it starts on fire it's done it's over so everything is super hot so when you
put your conditioning on same as I just described about your home everything in
there that's hot has to get cooled down so the coolness will get scarfed up by
everything that's hot inside your vehicle before you really start feeling the cold
but now I'm going to give you some secrets some tips and tricks and how to
get that car cooled down inside quickly you're ready for it get your crayons ready
I'm gonna have a little swiggy here and get them dry okay this is the wrap-up for
today two more things to go all right here we go you climb in you fire up the
car first thing most people will do is throw max ac full fan speed wrong totally
your supplier rice Aroni it's a San Francisco treat yeah and spam you're not
winning you're losing here's how you get in get in the vehicle put the windows
down all the way around two inches two fingers put together through the top of
the window that's about two inches all the way around set the dash to blow to the
floor not the face to the floor follow me on this it works extremely well and
many years ago when an old AC tech taught me this I thought he was you know
too to fry short a happy meal but he was spot on so you climb in fire up the car
max ac low fan speed vents to the floor your feet windows open two inches all
the way around now get moving now what happens is and here's how you can tell
you can fact check me on this where the shortest shorts you can find in your
drawer fellas don't want you look like Richard Simmons or anything but the
soul I don't think he's around anymore I used to kill me lie I used to laugh so
hard anyhow drive down the road everything has set up exactly how I told
you and is fired up max ac low fan speed low as possible vents to the floor
windows all open two inches all the way around you will feel as you're moving
that's just like it turns into an aircraft same principle of an aircraft
airflow there's vortex flow because the vehicles moving down the road the
windows are open there's suction from the air outside so the suction causes
the heat to be sucked out through those two inch gaps in your windows and you
and cold air is heavier than hot air okay so the hot air rises cold air is
going down as the hot air is being sucked out you will feel and do this test
where the shorts short as you can so you can feel this on your legs you will
feel the cold air traveling up your legs so the depth of the cold air is getting
deeper as the hot air is going out and it's cooling the car down the carpet the
plastic the door panels the dashboard the seats everything is cooling down very
quickly soon as you feel that cold air reaching your thigh area windows up put
the windows up turn the fan speed up one click to speed number two and leave it
the way the way it is down at the floor that car will get cooled down in
literally minutes now hopping in and doing it your way most of you engine
started max ac full fan speed to the head that will take about 45 minutes to
an hour to get that vehicle completely cooled down the way I'm describing to you
and telling you how to do it will cool that car down literally in minutes once
you get moving if you put a thermometer a meatometer in the dash like I do I
feel you'll see it I'll make sure we skip he gets that on the video today is a
picture of my meatometer in the dash I leave it in there all year round so I
can monitor my cooling my heating and cooling system all the time because it
tells me how well it's doing how is it performing and if there's a potential
problem I will see it in the temperature on my meatometer so you can go in you
can go anywhere you want get a big one or a small one in diameter I have a small
one it's about one inch but I can also read the numbers very clearly and
quickly so I watch my temperature I'm a gauge washer watcher that's just the way
I am I want to see what's going on there's any telltale sign something is
going awry it will alert me faster than waiting for some idiot light to go on
or a service light so that's how you're gonna get the vehicle cooled down now
how do we turn this thing off this is where you've got to learn this this is
where you don't want is my professor would say motor mouth there's no there's
no victory if there's no battle so you got to be willing to put the efforts in
if you're not willing to put the effort in then you won't get the desired results
and you're costing yourself a lot of money operating your car that's a whole
idea behind car connection is I've been in this lane that I've been carving out
and been carving it out for over 40 years to help you to understand your
automobile more to save yourselves a lot of headache and a lot of heartache
because owning an automobile there's only two ways of owning an automobile
living in the unknown or living in the know one creates a ton of stress not
knowing what's going on and waiting till it goes kufufnik or the other gives you
a ton of peace of mind and freedom and that's what I'm trying to teach you now
with air conditioning now listen up this is how you shut it off every time every
time you know that you're about 10 minutes I'm gonna say 15 minutes away
from where you're going to be shutting the car off turn off the air conditioning
leave the fan going turn the fan speed down to about number two okay you're not
gonna suffocate trust me hasn't happened to me much just kidding so max ac turn
the ac off so the compressor gets a time to relax and I explain it in in one
other podcast kind of like this that's what the compressor needs to do if you
don't all the pressure stays inside that ac compressor and it will go kufufnik
it won't last you'll overheat it and you blow it out that's what happens in this
year's ac parts list and how much and availability I haven't seen it yet but I
tell you this if an if a a pulley for my fj at night in 2021 was $93 how much is
that today I didn't even bother calling I didn't I just went to my resources to
see who had what I needed what was the best price at a decent quality part and
how soon could I get it so three things price was important but also quality
not sacrificing quality and workmanship and you know you don't want to buy
something's got cheesy cheap you know bearings in it because it's gonna go
kufufnik on you and you're gonna be back in there changing it all out again if
you and more if you've destructed stuff so your ac compressor if you don't turn
that thing off ahead of time you're shortening its lifespan and when the
compressor explodes it fills the system up with all kinds of metal shrapnel so
now we have a ton of work to flush all the lines out and everything to get all
the metallic out of there every single little tidbit has to get out in order to
get the system back up and running because there's a little thing called an
orifice tube that if you actually saw one I think we'll definitely shoot a
video and I'll have all the pieces parts laid out and show you what are some of
the smallest components in your AC system that without the functioning you
have no AC it'll blow your mind it really will so 15 minutes before landing
time arrival max a3 turn the air conditioner off low fan speed number
two is adequate you can't go down to number one if you like and you will
still get a lot of cold air so what's happening now air compressors off it's
having a nice relaxing moment and then you're allowing the evaporator core which
is inside the car it's frosted over while you're driving with air conditioning
on it turns completely white it frosts over that's where your cold air comes
from you're giving it a chance to defrost and dry out if you don't do that
that's why your air conditioning smells and it's gonna smell forever just just
telling you unless we take half the car apart to get the evaporator core to get
all the hair ballies dust and dander and pomeranians off the face of the
evaporator core that grows spores bacteria and I have tried every service
that has been put out there to try and kill that bacteria off to get the smell
out of your car but all it takes is the tip of your baby finger doesn't get
killed the bacteria doesn't get killed it completely grows back and smells it's
next to impossible to get rid of that smell and it all starts because you just
shut the air conditioning off the evaporator core frost defrost itself while
you're out of the car and it stays damp and moist and soak and wet and it
gathers up more material that's floating around inside your car and it gets
trapped on the fins of that evaporator core and it just looks like a miniature
radiator that's all it is but it's cooling system radiator called an
evaporator core so that's where that smell comes from and that's how it's
created it's created by you using your vehicles air conditioning system the
wrong way and sales people will never teach you these tricks and tips they
won't they'll never sit you down and say here's how you use your vehicles air
conditioning system they just won't so what I'm teaching you is what we learned
in class over 44 years nothing has changed the system works exactly the
same way it's refrigeration it's a refrigeration system so that's where
your in-car smell comes from when your friends say hey let's go you know let's
go to Costco or something and you got air conditioning what's that smell I
think there's a song about that what's that smell oh it's my air conditioning
that really stinks and it isn't gonna get any better you can put it you can put
a deodorizer in there but that smell is gonna every time you do that you just
shut it off and the evaporator core is defrosting while you're out of the car
it sits and it stays wet what does that do in your home if you have a room where
there's moisture and it never dries out what happens mold could be black mold
white mold pink mold but nevertheless mold that affects your health and that
is mold so if you put somebody in your car that has respiratory issue cardio
respiratory issues they're not gonna like it in there because that's bacteria
that they're smelling and it's airborne so they may be affected by that being in
your car so that's where that stench comes from and in order to knock it out
there's only one way I can tell you there is only one way to do it is somebody's
got to take half your car apart to get down to the evaporator core and clean
it off and then spray it down with a bacterial killer to make sure we like so
get in bacterial spray that kills the spores and blow it out and make sure it's
completely clean 100% because it only takes a little bit of spores that didn't
get wiped out to start the process all over again and if you continue to use
your vehicles air conditioning that way it's gonna cost you a lot of money
because the first thing to go is the AC compressor that a ton of labor in behind
that to clean all the tubings out all the tubes got to be taken out and flushed
out and blown out and then reinstalled it's a lot of work so you're getting into
a few thousand dollars to fix it so I hope you got something out of that because
that's how you use your vehicles air conditioning properly and servicing at
every 24 months will keep you cool and then you'll want to be cool all the time
that's what it takes so this part four it's the wrap-up of the AC want to be
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About this episode
Nile Motormouth Jenkins kicks off with weather, community plugs, and a long rant about parts pricing and short warranties, then pivots to “Wanna Be Cool Part 4” focused on using a car’s A/C correctly to avoid compressor failure. He argues the coldest A/C comes from max A/C with low fan speed, explains why blasting the fan wastes cooling, and recommends pre-cooling strategies (sunshade, tint, slight window crack, and airflow while driving). He also stresses shutting A/C off before arrival to protect the compressor and prevent evaporator-core smells/mold.
In the final chapter of the Wanna Be Cool series, Motormouth breaks down the right way to use your vehicle's air - conditioning system - from startup to shut down.
Most drivers unknowingly shorten the life of their A/C by going straight to MAX A/C and high fan speed, then shutting the vehicle off without letting the system stabilize. That habit can lead to extreme pressure buildup, overheating, and ultimately compressor failure - one of the most expensive A/C repairs.
In this episode, you'll learn:
1) The proper way to turn your A/C on for maximum efficiency
2) Why gradual engagement matters more than you think
3) The correct way to shut the system down before turning off your vehicle
4) How to reduce stress on your compressor and extend system life
5) Simple habits that can save you thousands in repairs
If you want to to stay cool without burning through your wallet, this is the method you need to follow.
Tune in, stay cool, and keep your ride running right
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