crazyone

Hi,

I'm hoping that by providing some facts on my car,
someone can guide me in the right direction with my 03 mach1 (63,000km)

Stored the car over winter, tried a/c a few weeks ago and noticed it was warm even on Max setting.

I believe it's the clutch that I hear clicking.
Turning on and off every 10-20 seconds.

It worked fine the summer before.

I read If the system is low on refrigerant, the clutch will not engage (safety feature, keeps you from burning up the compressor due to no oil)

I will check this tomorrow:
There are two wires to that switch (the cycling switch)... purple and dark blue/yellow. Purple wire should have +12 when you turn the key on and have the A/C on. If you do, then the dk blue / yellow should also have +12 .... or the switch is bad...

crazyone

With the recharge and the dye, I was able to determine the condenser is leaking.

Anyone else been through this?

WhiteFoxGT

Sorry I couldnt get to you sooner. But usually a fast cycling compressor is because of low refrigerant. However you were able to figure that out on your own. Leaking A/C systems are unfortunately more common than you'd think. Theres a bunch of causes to leaking components. The condenser isnt a bad job to do yourself, its just having someone evac + recharge the system to spec.

Glad you got it figured out.