Automotive Air Conditioning Information Forum

The oil is diluted and loses much of it's lubricating properties depending on how much gas is mixed in. If only a little it won't matter as it'll soon vapourise.

Need proper equipment.
For roughly $80 plus coolant, most A/C companies will flush and replenish your system. It's either that or spend a lot of money on expensive equipment to do it properly.

Never seen any shop do a "proper" flush for $80.00.

It's the same as what you've previously charged.
You'll need a scale now.

It can easily be solved by replacing the seal. But it is true that at isolation, a straight leak line appears curved due to the logarithmic scale. With typical vacuum gauges, there is no way to definitively tell the difference between a real and virtual leak.

Yes, the air conditioning compressor can destroy the serpentine belt in a few different ways. The serpentine belt might be snapped if the AC compressors seize while functioning. When the AC clutch bearing seizes while the AC compressor is turned off, the belt can snap.

seagiant wrote: Sun Nov 15, 2020 4:53 pm Hi,
I see guys on U-Tube, using shop air and a soap bottle to find leaks in Auto AC Units.

Thoughts?

Shop air unless used with a paint regulator will induce moisture to the system.

You can follow the below steps
Step 1: Refrigerant in a gas form is compressed by the A/C compressor which runs off a belt, compressing the gas into a high-pressure state
Step 2: This refrigerant then enters a condenser – a heat exchanger normally placed in front of the radiator - where it changes ...

It’s maybe harmful if you put your recycling machine continuously. Your machine could be damage. You should follow the advice of the manufacturing company

The thermostat may have been accidentally set to “heat.” If this is the case, it’s easy to fix on your own. Flip the thermostat setting back to “cool” and see if the air conditioner begins to blow cool air again. Additionally, you want to make sure that the batteries are working and that the ...

The thermostat may have been accidentally set to “heat.” If this is the case, it’s easy to fix on your own. Flip the thermostat setting back to “cool” and see if the air conditioner begins to blow cool air again. Additionally, you want to make sure that the batteries are working and that the ...