Onboard air can save you time, make life a lot easier, and heck, maybe even save your life. Luckily, if you don’t have an onboard air setup there’s an easy recipe to follow as long as you have or can ...

Vehicle cooling and warming systems, also known as air conditioners, are desirable technologies in vehicles. They provide a comfortable climate for the driver and passengers by keeping the cabin cool ...

Article 440 applies to electrically driven air-conditioning (A/C) and refrigeration equipment. Each equipment manufacturer has the compressor motor built to its own specifications. The motors are ...

Air-conditioning compressors often last the life of a vehicle, but they can fail because bearings wear out, seals leak and long-term corrosion takes its toll, plus other factors. If a compressor does ...

Last week, I posted an article about rebuilding the Behr “wingcell” (rotary vane) A/C compressor from the FrankenThirty (my salvage-titled 1988 BMW E30 3 Series). The idea was that the car isn’t worth ...

OEMs, distributors, contractors, and technicians all have their eyes on December 31. That’s the date, per U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, after which newly manufactured or ...

Got an old air conditioning compressor lying around? And some engineering skills? Why not turn that thing into a real, working internal combustion engine? That's what one YouTuber did, and the result ...

Since this column's inception, we've received a substantial number of questions concerning air-conditioning troubleshooting. Answering each one would take quite some time, but we will attempt to ...

Of all the updates that can be made to a street rod to make it more civilized the addition of a modern climate-control system has got to be at the top of the list. Heading out to a rod run on a hot ...