$90 A/C fix 2013 Toyota Sienna. No need for $2,000 repair, just changed compressor control valve

This will work on a lot of different cars... see link at the bottom of description.

2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 toyota Sienna, a lot of other toyotas in that same timeframe and some Scions and BMW's as well!

This is how i fixed our 12 year old minivan's air conditioner.  I was given given quotes from $1800-2500 for new compressor installed.  I did some research and tried the compressor control valve for $55 and $26 dollars worth of R134a from o'reilly auto parts and it fixed the issue!  

O'reilly's offered to let me borrow the gauges and the vacuum pump that is requried to do this job as well so there was no other cost for tools if you dont want to buy them yourself.  I did buy snap ring pliers that were a complete waste, i ended up using a set of small picks that i bought at lowes a few months ago and they worked great to get the snap ring out after some frustrating moments... in the end it worked.  

Here is the link to the part i used:  
https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/c/...

If you look at the details it lists all of the vehicles that use this control valve... there are a TON of vehicles that use it so be sure to check this before going for a whole new compressor!