Yes, it's fixed

It when well, there was no pressure in either side so I skipped the Freon recovery. When I stuck the vac pump on it, it didn't seem like any freon was coming out. Hardest part of the job was swapping the drier bag, had to rip apart the whole front end and removed bumper and radiator to get to it.

Thanks, I was planning to read the pressure before starting the procedure, but was not sure the reading would be accurate given the compressor is not coming on due to low pressure.

Im getting ready to replace a busted low pressure hose. Is it standard practice to get the freon recovered prior to work when there is a large leak? Figuring that the freon has already leaked out seems like kind of pointless to get freon recovered, although i guess there may be a little freon left i...