JPCady

Located high side, and low side, ran the engine and tested the valve on the high side and there was no pressure (I assume that means that the system has no more refridgerant in it) put the low side adapter on the valve on the compressor (high side adaapter would not fit) Turned the engine back on, put the hose/guage on the new can of r134a, attatched it to the low side valve, and opened the bottle. The guage read wayyy too high, so I unhooked it and shut down the engine, after, there was something leaking out of the bottom of the condenser (or one of the hoses at the bottom not sure) Am I missing something??? I would like to have working AC for the summer.

TIA
Jake

Ringless

the procedure is to fill from the top, but the adaptor would not fit, brought it back and still have no a/c

driving with top down, no a/c

prolly fix it in a few weeks though somehow

white90+hibredS4

refrig. could be know, or condensor could be contaminated.

4Driver4

This is one of the more delicate systems on the car. It is also one of the more dangerous to work on. Proper equipment is required to fix this system right - and when I say "right" I mean to the correct manufacturer's spec, not just blowing cold air. R-12 is readily available and not really *that* expensive considering how much we spend on other things for our cars.

Fix it right: find the leaks and fix them, use the same freon that the car came with, and if you do not have the correct equipment have someone else service the air.

Merkin

R12 is illegal in WI, no longer can be recharged

tpierce

to my knowledge, R12 isn't illegal anywhere, just illegal to make. You need a special license to buy it as well.

YucatanAudi

easy to do just about anything with AC except repair it correctly. The first thing that should be done is get the leaks fixed, not pump more freon into it, only to have it leak out again. And, if it has had leaks or been open any period of time, you need a lot more than just pumping in freon: orifice tube, drier, flush, etc. Without all the proper equipment, it is pretty hard to do it right.

BTW, I had mine converted to R-134 with the correct o-rings, drier, etc, and it blows good and cold all the time in hot Texas sun. Been running great for two years on R-134, so you do not ~have~ to use R-12 to get cold air.