The expansion valve in your Ford F-150 should be replaced anytime the compressor has stopped working. When you are driving your Ford F-150 down the highway with the A/C on that little compressor is working very hard and spinning very fast. If the compressor in your Ford F-150 should happen to break down, it will more often that not send small pieces of it's internal components flying throughout the entire A/C system. The expansion valve is usually one of the first components to be plugged or damaged by this flying debris. Luckily the expansion valve in your Ford F-150 is not too expensive. Look at these prices on a replacement expansion valve for your Ford F-150. |