[GH85Carrera]

Back in 2008, at 124,000 miles I did the Mr. Cool project from Griffiths. All the parts that hold pressure were replaced, except the front and rear condensers, and my original compressor. That old original compressor died about a year later and I had to replace it, so of course a recharge.

I never drive with the windows down and have only opened my sunroof three times in the 29 years of owning my car, the AC or heat is running if I am driving. When driving in the rain for extended periods, the windows start to fog up, and the heater can defog the windshield, but then it gets hot and humid in the car, so I run the AC to cool off the car and dehumidify the interior. The AC system runs a lot in my car living in Oklahoma.

The second compressor died just two years ago. I went for over a decade and many thousand miles before the second compressor developed a nose seal leak. I replaced that compressor two years ago, and the system is untouched since. I am at 196,000 miles now.

My 1986 El Camino has fantastic AC when it is working right. It has the GM designed R4 compressor. It is noisy and does not last long. I have to replace it every few years. I need to break down and convert it to use a different compressor, but new R4 compressors are cheap.