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by jorge
Wed May 03, 2023 3:08 am
Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
Topic: System not holding vacuum
Replies: 13
Views: 6434

Re: System not holding vacuum

It should be fine for some time... :D
by jorge
Tue Apr 25, 2023 2:51 pm
Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
Topic: System not holding vacuum
Replies: 13
Views: 6434

Re: System not holding vacuum

It's the reality, at least around here. Unfortunately...

The car was not seen again since last time I posted here, probably will not come back. :roll:
by jorge
Fri Mar 31, 2023 4:06 pm
Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
Topic: System not holding vacuum
Replies: 13
Views: 6434

Re: System not holding vacuum

Sometimes it's only a valve core or new o-rings...

The customer refused to go further for now.
by jorge
Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:13 am
Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
Topic: System not holding vacuum
Replies: 13
Views: 6434

Re: System not holding vacuum

I don't have fittings to test the compressor alone. We have some "universal" fittings for flushing but I don't think they will hold the vacuum. Anyway right now we will have to ask for customer permission to proceed, this was supposed to be a simple leak test and re-gas. On compressor mile...
by jorge
Wed Mar 29, 2023 2:15 pm
Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
Topic: System not holding vacuum
Replies: 13
Views: 6434

Re: System not holding vacuum

Hello, thank you both for you help. The car is a VW Golf Mk7 year 2014 with around 100k miles. Now I'm almost sure that the problem is the shaft seal. I tested again for some hours with 20bar pressure, again no measurable loss. After that I released the pressure and tried to vacuum, this time it sta...
by jorge
Wed Mar 29, 2023 4:23 am
Forum: Automotive Air Conditioning Forum
Topic: System not holding vacuum
Replies: 13
Views: 6434

System not holding vacuum

Hi everyone, I'm going nuts with a VW Golf Mk7 that a customer bring to us to fix and recharge the AC system. Recovered about 100g, after that tried to vacuum the system and the problem started to appear, my vacuum gauge was not going bellow 8000micron after about 30min of vacuum. After disconnectin...