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Old 06-21-2013, 08:35 PM
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I have Accord 2008 LX-S Coupe
once i saw there was white smoke comming out from my AC.

i turned it off and try to turn it on again after 10 mins, and still the same
then i tried it next time and after that i never seen it back again.

anybody knows what was it?and why this thing happened?
 
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Old 06-21-2013, 09:00 PM
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I will guess this is condensed water (like a cloud).
 
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Old 06-21-2013, 09:15 PM
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Yess it is like clouds,
do i need to worry about it ? or is this common in cars ?
 
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Old 06-21-2013, 10:08 PM
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White smoke is a small fog from moisture. It occurs when the evaporator freezes solid and is usually accompanied by poor/no cooling.

If you're getting OK cooling, it may be very humid outside conditions and fresh air intake selected. Going to recirculate should improve cooling and reduce condensation.

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Old 06-22-2013, 02:06 AM
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son's old prelude happened when I was riding w/ him.

the air wasn't cooled anymore after that day - so sudden white cloudy air resulted from a sudden big leak of A/C system freon,
that supercooled the blower air as freon escaped AC system and expanded greatly into the non-pressurized blower vent system (atmosphere).

This is my take on what happened to this '86 prelude AC system failure
 

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Old 06-23-2013, 03:05 PM
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Yeah, a leak is one possibility.

But it seems a lot more likely that it's just water vapor condensing by the cool AC. Exactly the same as the "steam" that rises from ice on a humid day, or from dry-ice on any normal day. Was it a very humid day? Has the AC system been OK since?
 
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