Why is our air conditioning unit making a gurgling sound?

Question

We live in an apartment and the unit where our air filter goes is making a gurgling sound. I checked it and there is a little water going in there behind the filter. Is this normal?

Answer 1

Just a guess, your condensate drain may be stopping up. It is the pipe that goes from the pan in the bottom of your A/C to outside to dump water.

A slick way to clean it is to use a wet vac and suck the water out ( from outside). A tad of bleach poured in the pipe will kill any goop growing inside.

Clean your coils and change the filter while you are at it and - do not bend the fins!

If your renting - call the apartment fix it guy.

Answer 2

This should not happen.

I presume the problem is that the condensate drain line is plugged with dirt. Condensate builds up and backs up when the line is plugged. Check out your system and clean the drain. You should do this NOW as things will get worse if you do not.