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magoo (Magoo)
Advanced Member
Username: Magoo
Post Number: 3039
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, August 18, 2002 - 11:44 pm: | |
The dye can be purchased at most auto stores in a pressurized can. You would put it in the suction side of the system with the proper charging guages. Then drive it,with the a/c on for a while and check all schrader valves, fittings, hoses and compressor seal. The dye should exit the area of the leak. |
Henryk (Henryk)
Junior Member
Username: Henryk
Post Number: 177
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, August 18, 2002 - 11:31 pm: | |
Magoo: Charged with Freon or Nitrogen? How would one insert the dye if the system is already charged?
Thanks |
magoo (Magoo)
Advanced Member
Username: Magoo
Post Number: 3037
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, August 18, 2002 - 11:28 pm: | |
There is a dye but you have to have the system charged and under pressure to force it out of where it is leaking. |
Henryk (Henryk)
Junior Member
Username: Henryk
Post Number: 174
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, August 18, 2002 - 10:16 pm: | |
Ed: I just won an A/C recharger on e-Bay, including the gauges......and even a full tank of R12. I already have a tank of pure Nitrogen.....I use it for welding aluminum ( a hobby).
I thought that there was a certain dye that one could use.....thus, easily detecting the leak.
Thanks.
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Edward Gault (Irfgt)
Intermediate Member
Username: Irfgt
Post Number: 1830
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, August 18, 2002 - 10:08 pm: | |
You can use nitrogen but you are going to have to have gauges and Nitrogen and a leak detector. By the time you buy all that stuff you could pay a Pro for less. |
Henryk (Henryk)
Junior Member
Username: Henryk
Post Number: 173
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, August 18, 2002 - 9:39 pm: | |
After many hours of analyzing the electrical components (with the help of Steve Magnusson) of the A/C system, the problem turns out to be NO Freon. Check the thread on "88TR center console removal?" for an indept analysis.
Before I put Freon in the system, and watch it blow away, is there anything I could put through the system to find the leak? That way, I can correct the problem first; then, put in the Freon.
Any A/C wizzards out there?
Thanks. |