SwaintaN

Ok, finding more and more things that have failed over the long sit.. Turned on the AC, no cold air.
Checked for pressure while car is on, pressure is there; freeon full. It sounds like its pulsing through the vents almost. I need to look it clutch is even engaging. If not what brands do yall suggest on buying and staying away from?

donbrew

First; is the CEL on? As has been discussed ad nauseum, a P0128 fault will inhibit the A/C.

I am taking the leap in guessing that you actually looked at the compressor pulley?

SwaintaN

No active or stored CELs. Pulley kicks on for a few secs at a time, with very long periods of time between the kick on; thats with AC on high.

Oldblue

Try a battery lobotomy, a full 30 minutes. Check the ground wires whilst the negative cable is disconnected, also inspect the underhood fuse box. Loose relays and or fuses can cause havoc

SwaintaN

First thing I checked for was the fuses so I wouldn't be tracing down another electrical issue haha. I'll try the 30 min trick in the am.

firemangeorge

If the "pulley kicks on for a few secs at a time" then how would you know that the freon is full ?
Worked on many auto AC's over the years. This sounds more like a low freon issue to me.
Hook up some AC gauges, jump the pressure switch to keep the clutch engaged then check your readings. I'll bet it's low.

SwaintaN

Im not a pro by any chance, I bought one of the kits from Advance that has the gauge built on to it. Placed the connector on the the lower port and it registered in the "green" which was just listed as "good pressure" on the gauge. thats what i was going by

Cat Man HHR

I agree with this.
You could take that bottle of freon from the parts house also and hook it to the low side and let the system cycle and see if the cycling is less when doing that.
That will prove the system needed a charge, but you don't know the complete story unless you hook up low and high pressure gauges to the system.

SwaintaN

I'll have to see if the mechs I know have gauges that will attach to the high side port. Not even sure if this gauge will connect to high side. It says only fits on low port.

May have to have it diagnosed then have our mech just fix it.

DrLoch

FYI the green area is for reference when the clutch is pulled in/applied and is meant to be connected to the low side only.

Don't know which kit you got but here is a video.