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Originally Posted by itsadryheat79
Not sure you saw my post in the 2013 AC thread.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showpo...3&postcount=28
So far I have not had a repeat of the problem after Chapman fixed it.
I picked her up 06/22/13 and am enjoying the cold life!
Good news - Fix allegedly found for the ZL1 AZ heat soak AC problem.
Chapman my dealer says they finally figured out how to solve my ZL1 AC heat soak problem! - I have been experiencing this all last summer and again this summer.
With a full factory specified charge of freon and when its real hot the AC High Side Freon switch prevents the AC compressor from turning on. This senerio happens when you drive it in the 102+ heat and then stop like to go into a store or to fill up on gas. When you start the car the AC compressor does not turn back on until you can go about 45mph. This also sometimes happened when I would idle for an extended period with the AC on too. But while idling the AC is initially fine but after the the heat soak it's when your driving that the high side switch acts this way. This was hard to diagnose without a computer monitoring when the high side switch prevented the compressor from turning on.
By removing about 2oz of fluid it was noticed that it prevents this situation and according to my AZ service advisor it actually cools better here this way also. - I pick up my ZL1 tomorrow and will try it myself.
I'm not sure this reduction of freon would help others in more humid climates but the high side switch acting this way might be something to watch for.
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Interesting, thanks for the post! So if you guys verify that indeed your AC compressor is not turning on here is your possible solution. Good Luck, anyone that tries it and it works please let the rest of us know!