Supreme Cutlass Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 What on earth is black death? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey River Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 Black Death is when a compressor "self destructs" and sends bits of teflon throughout the A/C system. You can check it out at http://www.ackits.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=black%20death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THe_DeTAiL3R Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 Isn't it when crap enters the A/C (like putting in that stop leak shit) and it clogs the compressor which then dies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoomZoomFan Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 It was a plague that killed everybody in Europe. Sorry, I had to be a smart@$$. I've never heard of this happening to A/C systems until now. Sounds like it'd be a sucky thing to have to deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990lumina Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 Happened to my cousins a/c in his brand new s-10...got it replaced under warantee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supreme_style21 Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 pretty much sludge in the a/c system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo57509 Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 When the compressor fails, all the debris from the compressor's guts starts to circulate throught the AC system. The debris is typically a fine black powder. Thus, "Black Death". When this happens, the only way (the right way) to fix it is to replace the compressor, replace the drier, flush/replace the evaporator, replace the condenser, replace any hose assemblies that have mufflers, flush any other hoses/lines, replace the expansion tube, add oil, evacuate and re-charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannymik Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 When the compressor fails, all the debris from the compressor's guts starts to circulate throught the AC system. The debris is typically a fine black powder. Thus, "Black Death". When this happens, the only way (the right way) to fix it is to replace the compressor, replace the drier, flush/replace the evaporator, replace the condenser, replace any hose assemblies that have mufflers, flush any other hoses/lines, replace the expansion tube, add oil, evacuate and re-charge. thus a huge PITA...that has to be very expensive to fix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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