AC, Upper cover oil leak...

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(10-06-2019 )Volvo8873 Wrote:  I went through the same thing a couple years ago but made it back to my home base no problem since I do local. $260 for a new AC Delco compressor and $225 for recharge of freon along with a new dryer which I did not know at the time that you should also replace.

Still ice cold to this day!

This AC stuff nowadays is such a PIA. None of my old trucks suffered like this 2008. I could go for years and no issues, like Rawze's Toyota and my mom's Honda.

My ProStar, it is a near yearly event, something always going wrong, especially with these Chinesium compressors. I have had a few compressors on here, Delco, I think a Sanden, FleetRite and these $100 FleetPride models. They all fail in short order, normally within two years, right after the warranty is up. About every 15 months I get a new AC compressor. I think this is my sixth or seventh AC compressor since 2013.

Then, all of the issues to actually get the AC system to function properly, which took over six years to accomplish. I have had to install a remote valve, dug out and moved sensors and many hours chasing wiring and replacing cheap failing expensive parts. Oh, and adding three remote control yacht fans to actually move the air in the cab. Now, I have to turn on the heat when it's in the 90's outside, system will freeze you out, literally. Not many guys can say that about a ProStar.