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Old Mar 1, 2018 | 05:34 AM
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First of all my names mike I'm from Hawaii and I drive a 1998 Mercedes E430 sport.

love my car just can't stand the heat here in Hawaii without ac.

So my problem is my compressor has been shutting on and off for almost 2 years now!!! I know right how crazy! There's pretty much no ryhme or reason as to when it wants to work or not. Only thing I noticed is it works a lot more often at night. I've changed the evap temp sensor and just today had the coolant system evacuated and recharged to correct specs. I cleared my codes today which was eb1-231 and eb1-235 and they did not come back after clearing. I'm hopeful someone can help me cause I gave up 2 years ago trying to figure it out but now I'm back at it again.

Mahaloz/thank you in advance for any help!!!!
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Old Mar 1, 2018 | 11:10 AM
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Old Mar 1, 2018 | 03:47 PM
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AC self diag will help in this situation. ^^
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Old Mar 2, 2018 | 05:54 PM
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So here's the codes I got

1st is when ac was kinda cold at idle
1-87

2-80

3-84

4-84

5-82

6-109

7-06

8-80

9-35

10-6.0

11-4.0

12-3.9

20-3.2

21-42

22-00

22-32

24-13.5

40-164

41-33

42-76

43-152

2nd is driving with air at normal temp not cold or hot
1-85

2-80

3-100

4-94

5-87

6-181

7-06

8-78

9-37

10-6.0

11-3.6

12-3.4

20-3.2

21-60

22-49

23-32

24-13.5

40-164

41-32

42-76

43-152

looks like my rpm is way off especially while driving its reading 6000 rpm could that be what's shutting off the compressor?
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Old Mar 2, 2018 | 05:57 PM
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Also is the rpm read at the compressor? Maybe a malfunctioning sensor?
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You did not follow the procedure, so no conclusion is possible.
So far I can see your Ac is not doing anything, but not knowing what temp you set on climatronic while 80F is not really high AC demand.
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Old Mar 2, 2018 | 10:30 PM
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i followed the procedure there are no error codes showing so I got the sensor values. I don't understand what I didn't do? Sorry if I missed anything
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Originally Posted by kajtek1
You did not follow the procedure, so no conclusion is possible.
So far I can see your Ac is not doing anything, but not knowing what temp you set on climatronic while 80F is not really high AC demand.
my climate control was set on low
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I cleared the codes and nothing came back so there is no dtc codes showing up but the problem still persists.
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Again, follow the procedure.
Start with sensor comparison on cold car.
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Again, follow the procedure.
Start with sensor comparison on cold car.
thank you for your input. I'm leaning toward the high rpm reading is the problem. Does anyone know if the compressor will shut off if the rpm reading is too high? While on the freeway my tach was reading 1500-1600 rpm and my ac was reading 6000 rpm which is almost redline
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Hard to tell anything when you are avoiding the calibration test.
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