You evidently have a problemwith your engine cooling system. Check to make sure that the cooling fins on your A/C Condensor and Radiator are not clogged up with dirt and debris. Check that your mechanical fan clutch has some resistance to pushing it by hand. If it spins too freely. the fan clutch could be worn out. Check to see how much air it is actually moving through the radiator. When the engine is at operating temperature and the A/C is on, This fan should be turning at a very high speed and blowing HOT wind in your engine compartment. I believe that your vehicle is also equipped with an electric cooling fan. The electric cooling fan should be running any time the A/C compressor is engaged. If not, then you must diagnose this failure.
Check the fans, if theres an electric fan for the ac or the engine make sure it works when the ac is on, this problem sounds like the fans are not cooling the ac condensor or the radiator, When you turn on the ac the condensor in front of the radiator get hot and inturn makes the radiator hotter than normal there may be a cooling fan in front of the condensor or in the rear of the radiator, if theres no electric fans and theres only the regular fan than spins off the engine then the fan clutch may be bad, the fan clutch locks the fan up to make it spin faster as the air flowing through the raditor gets hot, this is a thermal clutch, when the engine temp gets hot the fan should not be able to spin without a force holding it, with the engine off try to spin the fan, make sure engine temp is hot, spin fan by hand iit should not spin much at all, start here, hope this helps good luck.
I had the same problem with my 2006 Nissan Frontier. My electric condenser fan was not coming on. I thought the electric fan was bad. Then when I removed my cabin filter, it was clogged with lot of stuff, like acorns, dried leaf, and small plant material. I changed the cabin filter and when I turned on my AC, the electric fan came on. This was an easy fix - it cost me only $14 for the filter instead of changing the fan would have cost me close to $500. This is an easy check every one should check on their car - change cabin filter every year.
I had the same problem with my 2006 Nissan Frontier. My electric condenser fan was not coming on. I thought the electric fan was bad. Then when I removed my cabin filter, it was clogged with lot of stuff, like acorns, dried leaf, and small plant material. I changed the cabin filter and when I turned on my AC, the electric fan came on. This was an easy fix - it cost me only $14 for the filter instead of changing the fan would have cost me close to $500. This is an easy check every one should check on their car - change cabin filter every year.I had the same problem with my 2006 Nissan Frontier. My electric condenser fan was not coming on. I thought the electric fan was bad. Then when I removed my cabin filter, it was clogged with lot of stuff, like acorns, dried leaf, and small plant material. I changed the cabin filter and when I turned on my AC, the electric fan came on. This was an easy fix - it cost me only $14 for the filter instead of changing the fan would have cost me close to $500. This is an easy check every one should check on their car - change cabin filter every year.
If the antifreeze is coming from a leak in the top radiator hose, then it needs replacing. If its comming out of the radiator cap, then it might need replacing because it is too weak. Try finding out exactly where it is coming from. Just make sure to keep back a bit while the vehicle is running so the HOT liquid doesn't hit you.
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You evidently have a problemwith your engine cooling system. Check to make sure that the cooling fins on your A/C Condensor and Radiator are not clogged up with dirt and debris. Check that your mechanical fan clutch has some resistance to pushing it by hand. If it spins too freely. the fan clutch could be worn out. Check to see how much air it is actually moving through the radiator. When the engine is at operating temperature and the A/C is on, This fan should be turning at a very high speed and blowing HOT wind in your engine compartment. I believe that your vehicle is also equipped with an electric cooling fan. The electric cooling fan should be running any time the A/C compressor is engaged. If not, then you must diagnose this failure.
Check the fans, if theres an electric fan for the ac or the engine make sure it works when the ac is on, this problem sounds like the fans are not cooling the ac condensor or the radiator, When you turn on the ac the condensor in front of the radiator get hot and inturn makes the radiator hotter than normal there may be a cooling fan in front of the condensor or in the rear of the radiator, if theres no electric fans and theres only the regular fan than spins off the engine then the fan clutch may be bad, the fan clutch locks the fan up to make it spin faster as the air flowing through the raditor gets hot, this is a thermal clutch, when the engine temp gets hot the fan should not be able to spin without a force holding it, with the engine off try to spin the fan, make sure engine temp is hot, spin fan by hand iit should not spin much at all, start here, hope this helps good luck.
I had the same problem with my 2006 Nissan Frontier. My electric condenser fan was not coming on. I thought the electric fan was bad. Then when I removed my cabin filter, it was clogged with lot of stuff, like acorns, dried leaf, and small plant material. I changed the cabin filter and when I turned on my AC, the electric fan came on. This was an easy fix - it cost me only $14 for the filter instead of changing the fan would have cost me close to $500. This is an easy check every one should check on their car - change cabin filter every year.
I had the same problem with my 2006 Nissan Frontier. My electric condenser fan was not coming on. I thought the electric fan was bad. Then when I removed my cabin filter, it was clogged with lot of stuff, like acorns, dried leaf, and small plant material. I changed the cabin filter and when I turned on my AC, the electric fan came on. This was an easy fix - it cost me only $14 for the filter instead of changing the fan would have cost me close to $500. This is an easy check every one should check on their car - change cabin filter every year.
If the antifreeze is coming from a leak in the top radiator hose, then it needs replacing. If its comming out of the radiator cap, then it might need replacing because it is too weak. Try finding out exactly where it is coming from. Just make sure to keep back a bit while the vehicle is running so the HOT liquid doesn't hit you.