Re: "Outside Temp" adjustable?

[Tony Lum <tlum@flash.net>]

At 10:46 AM 11/20/97 +0200, you wrote:
>But it is particularly sticky at the point
>where it enters the canister. I think this is the damn thing that
>has leaked. About 1.5 months ago I took this thing in and had the gas
>replaced. The guy checked the evaporator area by spraying bubbles
>all over my equipment in the firewall, didn't seem as if he found
>anything. So I paid my US$50 to put in the gas. One week later it was
>dead and has been dead since.
>
Gerard,

I'm no airconditioning expert, but even I know that before you re-charge
the A/C you're supposed to do a leak test with a proper vacuum pump.  You
evacuate the system, let it sit for 15 min, then measure remaining vacuum
(and its not supposed to lose any).  Only then do you pressurize with new
freon.  With the price of R12 so high, this step is not optional.  That
spraying bubble stuff all over the firewall is a joke.  If air can't leak
in, freon can't leak out.  If the system does leak, then you only partly
charge that system, then use a modern leak detector and trace all the
fittings for the leak and repair as required.

HTH,
Tony

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Tony Lum
Fremont, California, USA
mailto:tlum@flash.net

Audi Owner/Operator/Mechanic by Necessity ;-)

1987 5000CS Turbo Quattro
1985 4000CS Quattro
1980 5000S Sedan
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