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It’s painful to admit just how stupid I was… Apparently, the schrader valve I was trying to connect to before was a test port on the fuel line. The liquid that came rushing out was actually gasoline. Let this be a lesson to other newbies out there to use your brains or take a look at a diagram before doing any DIY work. I’d like to thank everyone that helped. Hopefully my future questions on this forum will be a bit more intelligent…
It’s painful to admit just how stupid I was… Apparently, the schrader valve I was trying to connect to before was a test port on the fuel line. The liquid that came rushing out was actually gasoline. Let this be a lesson to other newbies out there to use your brains or take a look at a diagram before doing any DIY work. I’d like to thank everyone that helped. Hopefully my future questions on this forum will be a bit more intelligent…
Thank you for explaining the risk. I think I’m going to take it. If I find that my AC loses power ever again I will take the car to a professional immediately. Tomorrow I will try topping off with the can upside down so that all the oil (2 oz) goes into the system. Wish me luck!
Thank you for explaining the risk. I think I’m going to take it. If I find that my AC loses power ever again I will take the car to a professional immediately. Tomorrow I will try topping off with the can upside down so that all the oil (2 oz) goes into the system. Wish me luck!
About a year ago I noticed that the AC was very weak. We’ve only had the car for 2 years prior, and we were living in New England so it’s possible that it has been that way since we got the car and we simply didn’t notice it. Or maybe it’s a very slow leak. In any case, last summer, I used EZ-Chill to add some refrigerant and it definitely did the trick. After I finished the job, I realized that I slightly under-filled it (according to EZ-Chill’s temperature-pressure table). My intention, this time, was to charge it as close as possible to spec. I do understand what you are saying about these gauges being not accurate.
The bottom line is that the AC is working fine. I’m not sure if it’s at peak performance, but it does get the job done eventually. I don’t think that I could have introduced air into the system, because the compressor was running when it happened and the whole system was pressurized (and still is). If AC service were cheap, I’d do it just to be extra cautious, but I think there’s a good chance that I’ll end up spending upwards of $100 to fix something that is not broken.
As long as the AC is working, do you really think that I should get it serviced? My plan was to use the EZ-chill (properly this time…) and turn it upside down while I’m refilling so that all the oil is allowed to flow into the system. The can holds 2 oz of oil, which is what I estimate was lost during that mishap. How does that sound?
By the way, is it possible that a 13 year old AC losing some of it’s refrigerant is a normal phenomenon, or would it necessarily imply a leak?
Thanks!
About a year ago I noticed that the AC was very weak. We’ve only had the car for 2 years prior, and we were living in New England so it’s possible that it has been that way since we got the car and we simply didn’t notice it. Or maybe it’s a very slow leak. In any case, last summer, I used EZ-Chill to add some refrigerant and it definitely did the trick. After I finished the job, I realized that I slightly under-filled it (according to EZ-Chill’s temperature-pressure table). My intention, this time, was to charge it as close as possible to spec. I do understand what you are saying about these gauges being not accurate.
The bottom line is that the AC is working fine. I’m not sure if it’s at peak performance, but it does get the job done eventually. I don’t think that I could have introduced air into the system, because the compressor was running when it happened and the whole system was pressurized (and still is). If AC service were cheap, I’d do it just to be extra cautious, but I think there’s a good chance that I’ll end up spending upwards of $100 to fix something that is not broken.
As long as the AC is working, do you really think that I should get it serviced? My plan was to use the EZ-chill (properly this time…) and turn it upside down while I’m refilling so that all the oil is allowed to flow into the system. The can holds 2 oz of oil, which is what I estimate was lost during that mishap. How does that sound?
By the way, is it possible that a 13 year old AC losing some of it’s refrigerant is a normal phenomenon, or would it necessarily imply a leak?
Thanks!
Thanks. I do have a gauge connected to my EZ-Chill. 2 oz may not be a lot if what came out was refrigerant, but 2 oz of oil sounds like a lot to me.
Since oil and refrigerant likely have different physical properties (e.g. weight), my guess is that it was just one of them that came out, and I’d like to be certain which one it was. If it’s oil that came out and I recharge my AC to specification – it might still be low on oil.
Thanks. I do have a gauge connected to my EZ-Chill. 2 oz may not be a lot if what came out was refrigerant, but 2 oz of oil sounds like a lot to me.
Since oil and refrigerant likely have different physical properties (e.g. weight), my guess is that it was just one of them that came out, and I’d like to be certain which one it was. If it’s oil that came out and I recharge my AC to specification – it might still be low on oil.