clutchdust
Millionaire Playboy
Ok, about 1.5 years ago I fixed the AC system in the c5. The compressor ate itself so I got a new one with all the trimmings from Rock Auto. New o-rings and take out condenser from a CF member. Pulled a vacuum and it held, or so it appeared, 29" on my gauge for an hour. So I thought, "cool, good seal, so I charge it up and I should be fine."
Sure enough, all summer long it blew ice. Then it got cold so it didn't get turned on for 5-6 months. We took it out the other day and it was the first hot day we've had since last year. We turn on the AC and get blast furnace air. WTF?
When we got home I put my gauges on it and it had 40psi on both sides, and the compressor would only kick for about 2-3 seconds before shutting down. I cracked a line and all I got was hot air... no refrigerant.
When I put the new system in, I used oil with dye in it so I broke out the goggles and UV light but there is no sign of a leak anywhere. Now I'm mystified. I pull a vacuum again and sure enough, it appears to hold 28" for an hour. Since we're not driving the car regularly I just left my gauges hooked up to see what it would do. You believe this shit? But that thing lost 4" since freakin' Sunday! Less than 1" a day, and I can't prove that the loss isn't just a bad seal somewhere on my gauge set.
As best as I can figure a seal somewhere contracts when it gets cold and my gas just seeps out, so slowly in fact that it doesn't even leave a snail trail of dye. Can't explain it any other way.
Thoughts?
Sure enough, all summer long it blew ice. Then it got cold so it didn't get turned on for 5-6 months. We took it out the other day and it was the first hot day we've had since last year. We turn on the AC and get blast furnace air. WTF?
When we got home I put my gauges on it and it had 40psi on both sides, and the compressor would only kick for about 2-3 seconds before shutting down. I cracked a line and all I got was hot air... no refrigerant.
When I put the new system in, I used oil with dye in it so I broke out the goggles and UV light but there is no sign of a leak anywhere. Now I'm mystified. I pull a vacuum again and sure enough, it appears to hold 28" for an hour. Since we're not driving the car regularly I just left my gauges hooked up to see what it would do. You believe this shit? But that thing lost 4" since freakin' Sunday! Less than 1" a day, and I can't prove that the loss isn't just a bad seal somewhere on my gauge set.
As best as I can figure a seal somewhere contracts when it gets cold and my gas just seeps out, so slowly in fact that it doesn't even leave a snail trail of dye. Can't explain it any other way.
Thoughts?