On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 05:37:32PM -0400, Chad Rebuck wrote: > What are common ac components to leak? Hoses, fittings, evaporator?
Yes, yes, and yes. Also, the compressor (or seals around the connections to it). > 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. My evaporator failed. I replaced it myself. Email me if you want more info. > 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. It is possible to test it without putting a leak detector in it. When I had mine tested, they just charged it with freon and used a "sniffer" to find the leaks. You can run the sniffer up inside the airbox from the a/c drain tube on the bottom passenger side of the firewall inside the engine bay. Laters, Brian 1989 Jetta GLI 16v Wolfsburg
