Thanks for the info. I have not yet gone into the evaporator section under the dash. My statement that the leak is in the Evap area was based on my "sniffer" showing increased leakage at the A/C outlet vents.
Where are you folks located? I have not found any Italian car oriented service providers in my area (Southwest Florida, I live in Punta Gorda, FL) The system does not discharge over night - takes at least a few weeks, probably more like a couple of months. I have not converted to "Freeze 12" yet, as I had purchased a case of R-12 cans before they were withdrawn (the frig on my boat used R-12 and I wanted to keep it going - still have a bout 6 cans left. Does "Freeze 12" work about as well as R-12, or is it either better or worse? The car as built only operates the electric cooling fan for the radiator and condenser when the A/C pressure gets up to some fairly high value. I intend to install some relays so that the fan runs any time the compressor is called for. Gwynne Spencer At 12:56 AM 4/13/2010, you wrote: >From: >BJ >IMS > >We have found most passenger bay leaks at connectors or expansion >valves in these models and have only had to repair evaporator cores >after they were mauled by gorillas at the pep boys etc... We can >test and or repair or renew with a known good used unit if you wish. >Have you recharged with Freeze-12 and a UV dye pack and inspected >with a blacklight? How long will the system hold at least 25"s of >vacuum and does it go to atmospheric overnight? >These are Behr systems and are shared with other Euro cars of the >same vintage but the evap design is unique to Alfa Spyders. > >Ciao! >BJ >IMS > > >---------- >I am using the Free version of <http://www.spamfighter.com/len>SPAMfighter. >We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. >SPAMfighter has removed 970 of my spam emails to date. >The Professional version does not have this message. -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
