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Old 04-27-2007, 09:45 PM
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Default Parked the car, and it started hissing!

I parked my GT in the garage, after a hot OC day of driving a little harder than usual cuz I got the accel. pedal mod done , and my car started hissing at me!!!

It was like every 2 seconds, it would hiss, and I was like WTF!!! I looked under the hood, nothing, looked under the car, and I foud what it was. My AC condensor is leaking water, like by the teaspoon, and it was dripping my X-pipe where it meets the headers, instantly evaporating the water.

Is a leaky AC bad? I've seen it on older cars, and usually it meant I had to change the freon...Is that my problem, or is it just normal. This is my first car, so bare with me here!
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Old 04-27-2007, 09:46 PM
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My last car did this. I think its just normal on hott days!
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Old 04-27-2007, 10:17 PM
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its probably condensation from the ac compressor not freon...unless your seeing freon leaking out of there.
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Old 04-27-2007, 11:23 PM
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Totally normal. If you had the a/c on it was condensation dripping onto the exhaust manifold. Next time slam your door and it will hiss alot louder. If it`s ever leaking refrigerant you`ll never see it leak out.
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Old 04-28-2007, 01:17 PM
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Totally normal. If you had the a/c on it was condensation dripping onto the exhaust manifold. Next time slam your door and it will hiss alot louder. If it`s ever leaking refrigerant you`ll never see it leak out.
+1 totally normal.
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Old 04-28-2007, 01:49 PM
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maybe your GT just really wants to be a Cobra...
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Old 04-28-2007, 01:50 PM
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Dude.. Its a cobra.. its supposed to hiss..
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Old 04-28-2007, 02:00 PM
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ok all it is, is condensation from your air conditioning...its fine...just water moisture built up on the outside of it from being so cold...also if you were leaking refrigerant..it wouldnt puddle..its more of a gas...it would rise
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Old 04-28-2007, 02:24 PM
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fizzics boy's stang does it too... idk where he is though... lemme call him.
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Old 04-28-2007, 02:26 PM
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yea... he thinks it's the IAC valve.... and he failed inspection due to his O/R x....
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