Newbie to chat with AC questions

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by Rangerpathfinder74, Jun 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM.

  1. Rangerpathfinder74

    Rangerpathfinder74 New Member

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    Have a 2012 Prius five. AC seemed a little warm so I decided to add some 134 a. First time I overfilled making the compressor cut on and off. I quickly relieved to the proper pressure and everything worked fine for about a month or six weeks. One or two times over the past week or so it would not blow cold. Today I hope gauge is up to it, and it was all the way in the red. I relieved pressure again to make it register in the green. What could cause pressure to overload without adding any Freon and it working for six weeks?
     
    #1 Rangerpathfinder74, Jun 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
  2. Tombukt2

    Tombukt2 Senior Member

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    Okay we're getting ahead of ourselves here first off the AC has no hi side wen not running so it shows about 100 pounds in red or very close . Start car air on hi etc now see gauge plummet to 37 on the gauge blue or lo . The separate sides do no exist until compressor running .
     
    #2 Tombukt2, Jun 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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