i bought a used chev s10 and the man said it had a leak in air cond. we added 1 can and it works fine now.?

Question

i assume it is going to leak, so when i add another can should i put in the one wth the oil or one with stop leak, or just plain refrigerant? someone said the stop leak stuff was bad. thanks for any advice.

how do you find leaks

Answer 1

take it to a shop

Answer 2

If you use the refrigerant with stop leak make sure you tell the shop where you get it repaired that it has stop leak in the system. It clogs A/C machines when they evac. it. They could possibly charge you for cleaning their machine. It also doesn't really work all that well. If it has a leak somewhere you need to take it to a shop so they can put dye in and find it.

Answer 3

Check for an oily spot on any of the refrigerant lines & the compressor. Sometimes a leaking connection is easy to fix. May be nothing more than a bad valve core.

Answer 4

I've had great luck with all in one mixtures from Inter Dynamics. They are on the ball when it comes to excellant system fixes. I do agree with the fact that you have to take some initiative to isolate the location of a possible leak.Manytimes it is just a fitting that needs a gentle snugging to reseat a seal. I emphasize gentle because a 64th of a turn on a nutted connection is all most O-ringed connections can take. The compressor connection generally takes a minor re-torque to re-establish a tight and true seal. Steady as you go as to not compound breaches of seals.

Answer 5

Best thing to do is to take your S10 to a shop. They will fill it and put a dye in it. Then they will run the system and use an ultraviolet light to find the leak. Then advise you of the cost of repair.

Answer 6

let the ac guy do it...check for leaks with leak tester...no kidding...ac guy has one.