Blown out my refrigerant - RESOLVED
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Blown out my refrigerant - RESOLVED
Any one had this? I was driving with the roof down in 30 degrees, aircon up on auto so full, pulled off the motorway as I approached a set of lights my aircon dumped all the refridgerant, big cloud of nastiness. Any one had this. I guess I either over stressed it and it over heated or maybe it had a bit too much refridgerant from the re-gas a few weeks previous? Not checked the filler valve to see if any pressure is still in there, but does it blow out of anywhere particular does anyone know? Is it a re gas or a repair to be made from a burst hose or pipe? Eek!
Help and suggestions welcome.
Help and suggestions welcome.
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A broken pipe would almost instantly dump the charge as would a considerably more serious and expensive Condenser failure. A leak from a seal is more gradual and can be detected with UV.
A problem specific to UK and the rest of Europe is the ban on R134a refrigerant. As a result, remaining stocks of the 11Kg cylinders typically used by trade specialists has rocketed from 13 UKP to 375 UKP and more.
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PeterG (07-12-2018)
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Well I depressed the input valve on the low pressure side and I got a good hiss so still got some gas, will get it checked & redone and hopefully nothing was damaged? Yes my mate who has a garage just bought a new bottle, another 10 Kgs went from £70 to £360 or some nonsence, cheers EU legislation cant wait to be gone!
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I have said this before, unless you are experienced at AC work, leave it to the professionals, more serious damage has been done by those little cans of gas than anything else. If the charge is low, the system needs to be pulled down by vacuum to get the oil out, so that it can be replaced in the CORRECT quantity. If you have a leak, the oil can leak down with the gas , and if you recharge without it, the compressor can grind to a halt, taking your fan belt with it, you are stuck! Not only that, but you need to find the leak!
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Johnken (07-15-2018)
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So turned out to be my compressor clutch, it came away from the rubber ring, made an awful noise without the aircon engauged as that held it together, maybe I overheated it in the first place driving around with it on full with my roof down or it just failed, I guess it failing suddenly blow the gas out, stuck another old front end on all cool now and lucky as I did not have to evacuate the gas either, but I need a new clutch & pulley complete long term, stick that on the list with all the other jobs! Not sure I will get the pulley off in situ though as I couldn't today even with the anti roll bar moved, anyway it will do for now.
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Well I depressed the input valve on the low pressure side and I got a good hiss so still got some gas, will get it checked & redone and hopefully nothing was damaged? Yes my mate who has a garage just bought a new bottle, another 10 Kgs went from £70 to £360 or some nonsence, cheers EU legislation cant wait to be gone!
The UK has today become one of the first nations to ratify a landmark agreement that will play a major role in preventing global warming by reducing emissions from appliances such as air conditioning units and refrigerators.
Environment Secretary Michael Gove said in 2017 "Adopting this ambitious target marks the UK as a world leader in tackling climate change."
Environment Secretary Michael Gove said in 2017 "Adopting this ambitious target marks the UK as a world leader in tackling climate change."
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