Cross-posting this from CRN.
So I work on bikes. Bikes don't have A/C yet (yes I'm eyeing you Goldwing and BMW).

Long story short, my sister has a 2002 Impreza 2.5 TS with A/C that was not blowing cold. It blew weakly last summer, and this summer is completely useless. I bought one of the Wal-Mart cans of refrigerant and drained the system (it still had full pressure btw), then put in the can until the recommended pressure. It's still not blowing cold (even weakly).

My train of though says that this means the compressor is bad. It does engage, it's not seized or anything, but since the refrigerant is brand new, I'm guessing there's something else in there that's bad.

What say you?

Oh and if the compressor is bad, does anyone have a compressor off of an EJ25 they're wanting to get rid of?