A question on recharging the AC? Thanks!

dumdum · Aug 14, 2005

I know exactly how to fix your a/c.HAVE SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT THE ****
THEIR DOING FIX IT AND PAY THE MONEY!!!

zita · Aug 15, 2005

Ted Mittelstaedt said:

Your troubles and costs are probably just beginning.

If we all lived in a perfect world, the hole in your suction line would have
appeared
the day before you bought the car, and there would be nothing else wrong in
the
system, your friend would charge it and off you go.

But in reality the system has probably been open for years, the
accumulator/drier is
saturated with water, and as soon as you fire it up the water in the system
will instantly
turn to ice that will jam your compressor solid, bending all it's valves and
destroying
the compressor clutch. That is, if your lucky enough for the hole in the
suction line
to be the ONLY hole, and the refrigerant doesen't come rushing out some
other hole
as fast as you put it in.

If this was my car I would do the following: Install the hose, pressure
test the system,
repair any other holes, pressure test the system again until I knew it
wasn't leaking,
remove and replace the accumulator/dryer, pull vacuum on the system for
at least 4-6 hours, put in about 2 oz of oil, and charge the system and
cross my
fingers that the original reason the system died wasn't a blown up
compressor.

And if it worked, I'd count myself lucky if I got 5 years of life out of the
compressor.

If te compressor blew I'd then completely disassemble the system, flush all
lines,
replace the compressor, expansion orifice, accumulator, all o rings, and
repeat the above
steps, excepting adding in the correct amount of oil.

At least you got one thing right - you aren't shelling out $200 to the
dealer. Why - because
$200 wouldn't pay a quarter of the cost to do this system up properly so
that it doesen't
blow chunks 30 days afterwards.

Ted
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Ted, Thanks Buddy! Installed the new line today and pressure tested the system. Fortunately, no other leaks! I am going to wait until tomorrow to get that dryer before we charge it up. I asked and I am going to do what I am told and I hope that will do it! Thanks again man.

zita · Aug 15, 2005

dumdum said:

I know exactly how to fix your a/c.HAVE SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT THE ****
THEIR DOING FIX IT AND PAY THE MONEY!!!
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Sure thing dumdum but don't get too excited it is just a fucking car! I don't
want you to yank a nerve over it!

zita · Aug 15, 2005

Daniel J. Stern said:

See Bill Putney's response; he got it.
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Yeh I got it..Thanks Bill. It was really hard getting anything after reading
Ted's response to my original question. Maybe it is the age thing too, I am
only 19! Sorry!

Bill Putney · Aug 16, 2005

Bill said:

Absolutely - thanks! Any particluar alternator? The thread I needed it
for has been dead for a few weeks, but I might still post it there to
finish it out. But I would like it for future reference.

If you don't still have my e-mail address, I'll send you an e-mail for
you to reply to.

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
adddress with the letter 'x')
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Ummm - did you send it yet?

BTW - send it to the address shown here (with the hint under my signature)

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

Daniel J. Stern · Aug 16, 2005

Ummm - did you send it yet?
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No.

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