Can anyone help with me with my AC?

[kylehaste]

Oh yeah I always forget about the refrigerant up here in Canada, I'm like 20mins from Buffalo so I'm always stopping in US parts places when I'm over there and don't use the ones here much. I've put the Canadian stuff in before too, works all the same if only slightly less-icy than the American R134a bottles.

Ditto not using stop-leak stuff. Why anyone thinks some liquid is going to clog a leak in a fast moving high pressure tube is beyond me. If the refrigerant is leaking out within days or weeks of a recharge, just get some UV dye applicator for A/C and see which o-ring you have to tackle, or may be the compressor itself. If you put UV dye in though you need to recharge the system too, since the A/C clutch will only engage if you have enough refrigerant in the system, and that's what'll cycle the UV dye throughout the system. I think we went through like four bottles just troubleshooting my buddy's Jeep in Virginia this weekend haha

[tmontague]

Originally Posted by kylehaste

Oh yeah I always forget about the refrigerant up here in Canada, I'm like 20mins from Buffalo so I'm always stopping in US parts places when I'm over there and don't use the ones here much. I've put the Canadian stuff in before too, works all the same if only slightly less-icy than the American R134a bottles.

Ditto not using stop-leak stuff. Why anyone thinks some liquid is going to clog a leak in a fast moving high pressure tube is beyond me. If the refrigerant is leaking out within days or weeks of a recharge, just get some UV dye applicator for A/C and see which o-ring you have to tackle, or may be the compressor itself. If you put UV dye in though you need to recharge the system too, since the A/C clutch will only engage if you have enough refrigerant in the system, and that's what'll cycle the UV dye throughout the system. I think we went through like four bottles just troubleshooting my buddy's Jeep in Virginia this weekend haha

I used to head over the border to pick up r134a but it isn't cheap and I dont like that stuff out to the atmosphere. R12a is just easier to access and it technically cools slightly better than r134a.

The stop leak stuff may work on certain leaks but it ends up potentially clogging other areas ie: coolant system stop leaks clogging radiators