RE: HELP....My 90'CQ leaking green stuff and the a/c compressor won't engage.......

["Duff, Ian" <IDuff@charter.com>]

First check would be the Bentley section on A/C diags. Then take it to
the A/C charge place, and have them try to charge it. If it hasn't lost
any of the R12, you will be off on an unknown (to me) frolic. If it
needs R12, tell them not to charge it, but to locate the leak for you. I
had a leak in the condensor of my CQ, took the condensor to a rad shop
who welded or brazed it, painted it and only charged me $30. Total cost
of repair including locate leak, repair, charge was around $230. HTH.
-Ian Duff.
	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Alvin - not required - [SMTP:PRIMO_JR@msn.com]
	Sent:	Thursday, 29 May 1997 6:48 PM
	To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
	Subject:	HELP....My 90'CQ leaking green stuff and the a/c
compressor won't engage.......


	Help.....my 1990 CQ has received a fresh charge of freon 2 weeks
ago and has 
	been pumping out cold air since today.  Yesterday...Wednesday
5/28 while 
	picking up my mail at the POB I heard a very small
hissssssssssssssss, but saw 
	nothing leaking, yet. I continued to drive regularly the
remainder of the day 
	with no visable problems, but still heard the hissssssss every
time I shut off 
	the car to go somewhere. The whole day the a/c was being used
everything was 
	fine. Then, Thursday 5/29 I leave to help my friend find parts
at the junk 
	yard for HONDA parts ((( were the Audi gods upset???))) I
returned to his 
	house and noticed a small puddle of green stuff under the car-
antifreeze 
	(very dark btw as well) and after starting the car I tried to
engage the a/c - 
	fan kicks in , blower pushing air , but ABSOLUTELY no compressor
action 
	.....tried 10,20,30 times no a.c compressor action - fuse is not
burned out, 
	what do I try next???????/Help me Obi Wan Kenobi you're my only
hope!!!!!!!  
	May the force be with us all and our Audis.   

			Sincerely Jedi Knight - Alvin Adelhoch 
			aka   : PRIMO_JR@msn.com