Monday, October 13, 2008 - 11:49 am, by: Blake Davies(Boss_da_man)
Hello
I just got my aircon regased. (I had a pressure test done before it go regased.)
It work fine from the day it was done (It was ICE cold). than i park my soarer in my shed for a day. To fix my door trims. And the next day i had to drive somewhere. guess what the aircon isn't working. I cant feel any cold air at all.
Monday, October 13, 2008 - 05:54 pm, by: Drew Rechner(Drew1jz)
Blake mate it sounds like you have a serious leak. When they refill the gas they place a dye in it and check with an ultra vilot light for leaks. They may have missed it. Best bet is that you take your car back to where you had it done and get them to check again for leaks. The only problem is, is that if you have a leak they will re charge you to fill it again.
Monday, October 13, 2008 - 09:44 pm, by: Shaun Chiew(Senk9)
I had a leak in my Cressy that emptied it in 2 days. It was a big leak in the evaporator core (in the box located inside the dash). I bought a new core from a wrecker, fitted it and re-gassed it and now it's still cold 1 year later. Keep in mind this is after they ran the UV light around the engine bay and couldn't find it, so if your leak is in one of the hoses/o-rings in the engine bay piping, then that will be easier.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 04:11 am, by: Matt Petersen(Mattmannz)
If you look at the face of the compressor you should be able to tell the difference when it kicks in. Get someone inside the vehicle to turn on the AC whilst the motor is running and it should be obvious.
Matt.
Andrew Ferres DieHard WA '90 C-F Celsior V8, '84 Soarer V8, '91 Supra V8
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 02:11 pm, by: Andrew Ferres(Peewee)
Drew Rechner wrote on Monday, October 13, 2008 - 05:54 pm:
When they refill the gas they place a dye in it and check with an ultra vilot light for leaks
That dye only works for slow leaks (like 2-4 weeks minimum).
If it empties basically over night, then they'll need to pressurise the system and go over every joint with soapy water until they find the leak.
If they can't find the leak then there is a good chance its in the evaporater itself (ie, behind the dash). I have heard of quite a few Tx valves leaking.
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