Boomyal
Supreme Mariner
- Joined
- Aug 16, 2003
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Lost enough freon in the system to keep the clutch from kicking in. Not being sure what the issue was, I added a can of dye freon. Upon removing the gauge fitting from the high pressure port, that goofy GM valve (no schrader valve) was spritzing freon back out of it. This is the first time that that valve had been used. I screwed the protective cap back on to the valve thinking that I needed to get a replacement for it.
A short time later, for a reason I cannot remember, I went to unscrew that protective cover cap. It was very tight but soon began to unscrew. Lo and behold, unbeknown by me, it was unscrewing the whole valve. The valve shot up and bounced off the under side of the hood and all the freon came rushing out of the system. Fortunately, the valve landed back down on the compressor bracket. It could have shot to the moon.
A week later I obtained a new valve, tightened it with a wrench, evacuated the system and added 5.5 cans of new freon. I think that the original charge had leaked out of that valve because it was only hand tight and that the subsequent leakage from the goofy check valve was only because that valve did not reseat after using it.
Three weeks later, the A/C still works but I am worried. I did not add any oil to the system. Should I go back and add, I think, 11 ounces or was their sufficient oil in the generic freon that I used. I tried to google all this information to no avail. I won't run the A/C until I am confident it has enough oil in it.
A short time later, for a reason I cannot remember, I went to unscrew that protective cover cap. It was very tight but soon began to unscrew. Lo and behold, unbeknown by me, it was unscrewing the whole valve. The valve shot up and bounced off the under side of the hood and all the freon came rushing out of the system. Fortunately, the valve landed back down on the compressor bracket. It could have shot to the moon.
A week later I obtained a new valve, tightened it with a wrench, evacuated the system and added 5.5 cans of new freon. I think that the original charge had leaked out of that valve because it was only hand tight and that the subsequent leakage from the goofy check valve was only because that valve did not reseat after using it.
Three weeks later, the A/C still works but I am worried. I did not add any oil to the system. Should I go back and add, I think, 11 ounces or was their sufficient oil in the generic freon that I used. I tried to google all this information to no avail. I won't run the A/C until I am confident it has enough oil in it.
