What are common ac components to leak? Hoses, fittings, evaporator? My 90 gli had very cold air after I refilled the r12, but after a month or so I had to add more because it wasn't cooling as well. Someone suggested that evaporators are known to fail due to the cooling, heating, cooling cycles. Is this common for VWs as well? I've never had an evaporator leak from my other 3 VWs. If I take it to an ac shop to find the leak I'm afraid they may fill the system with some leak detector. A friend of mine had a shop check for leaks in his ac system and this is what happened. I don't think this can be too good to leave the fluid in the system.
How much work is involved in converting to r134? This seems like a lot of work to replace all the seals... but if I have to replace any components of the system I may as well convert it at the same time. Chad 90 gli ----- Original Message ----- From: "brd" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 10:51 AM Subject: Re: A/C troubles > On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 10:37:11AM -0400, Joswick, Chris wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > Got an A/C question. Mine no longer works and in the 6 years i have had the > > car i have only used it maybe 10 times. I am thinking it could be something > > small or an easy fix, but i don't know where to start. any suggestions? > > thanks in advance > > > > chris > > 91' 16v > > Define "no longer works". Doesn't turn on, only blows warm air, loses > freon, compressor doesn't work? Did it work when you got it? > > Assuming your blower controls work fine, and the a/c just never cools, > you can have a shop leak test the system for $20 or so. They should > be able to pinpoint a leak with a "sniffer" and/or tell you if your > compressor is stuck. > > Worst case, it leaks inside the dash in the evaporator, but even that's > not that bad. I replaced mine myself. Not a big deal. > > I'd have a shop test it and then evaluate what to do. They will most > likely want to fix it. A lot of places won't charge much to test, > thinking that they'll make a killing on the needed repairs. If it's > something major ($$$), look into a 2nd or 3rd opinion or the possibility > of doing it yourself. > > Laters, > Brian > 1989 Jetta GLI 16v Wolfsburg <-- with cold a/c >
