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Air con compressor failing?

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Noticed as the weather is warming up, when I turn on my air con on a 2010 fiesta, its not exactly cold.

So I opened her up, ran the air con and noticed that the compressor clutch at the end of the compressor,  seemed to be intermittent. 

It would run for maybe 5 seconds, then disengage for maybe 2 seconds, then start again, and this is a continuous cycle, so the likely cause of the lack of cold air. 

having seen how expensive these are, is this an issue that can be fixed rather than replaced? if so, has anyone had this issue and been quoted for the fix.

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    Probably not enough gas in the system, so as soon as it starts compressing it drops below the pressure switch cut off.

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    So, after a bit of playing around today, the compressor clutch only disengages when the air con is on recirculated air. 

     

    is this normal?

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    If the air in the cabin is already cold when it's recirculating then that's probably normal.  It shouldnt do it immediately when the cabin is hot from sitting in the sun though.

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