george toader · Jul 24, 2016

hello
i know this is old tread but so so new to me...
how did you pin-point the condenser as culprit ?
i gassed mine and it was all lost until next day ...all works great --blowing motor,compressor ,electrics ---is just plain empty now
re-gassed second time to observe leak but nothing obvious ---shop where re-gassed was just closing so no time for investigation from thy r part ,to leave the car with them was not an option as i need to travel for work .is wrong to assume the leak is with the condenser because it lost all gas so fast? pipes are visible sort-off but nothing hissing or wet on them ....

tomcat59alan · Jul 24, 2016

george toader said:
hello
i know this is old tread but so so new to me...
how did you pin-point the condenser as culprit ?
i gassed mine and it was all lost until next day ...all works great --blowing motor,compressor ,electrics ---is just plain empty now
re-gassed second time to observe leak but nothing obvious ---shop where re-gassed was just closing so no time for investigation from thy r part ,to leave the car with them was not an option as i need to travel for work .is wrong to assume the leak is with the condenser because it lost all gas so fast? pipes are visible sort-off but nothing hissing or wet on them ....

Think they should use a dye in the system and a UV lamp.

holidaychicken · Jul 24, 2016

I think the UV dye works but I had an air con specialist come out and quote me to repair my a/c and although I wasn't there my girlfriend said he used a camera to look inside the condenser which sounds a bit odd to me but anyway he told me the problem and quoted me £400 to fix it and so I did it myself

Grrrrrr · Jul 24, 2016

You can usually see bright green where it leaks out. Check near where the bolts go through the condenser.

wammers · Jul 25, 2016

Leak on condenser is usually, looking from front, top left hand corner under slam panel.

P38Penguin · Jul 31, 2016

As wammers said normally the top left. Did mine earlier in the week as it completely goosed.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6E6nCdsEMv7cHJxZDJtcWt6YnR3TnVfa0FlOURmZTRuak9V/view?usp=sharing

Grrrrrr · Jul 31, 2016

Wow. That is pretty bad. Hella replacement from AllParts did the job for me.

wammers · Jul 31, 2016

P38Penguin said:
As wammers said normally the top left. Did mine earlier in the week as it completely goosed.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6E6nCdsEMv7cHJxZDJtcWt6YnR3TnVfa0FlOURmZTRuak9V/view?usp=sharing

Yep they don't get a lot more goosed than that.

P38Penguin · Aug 8, 2016

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