Aircon Leak?

kernowdragon · Sep 18, 2010

Hey guys (n gals) need an opinion please. Got a leak from centre front of P38 DT (Manual) somewhere in area of rad, small amounts of clear oily substance. My first thought was MFT from cooler joints but they appear dry. Only sign of any possible seepage seems to be from somewhere along one of the aircon hoses. How does an aircon leak present?? I'd always assumed when people talked about getting systems regassed, they actually meant gas, however some posts mention oil??

kds · Sep 19, 2010

Yes there is oil mixed in with the gas, had a pin hole in one of rubber aircon pipes of my 89 classic and that showed up like an oily leak.

kernowdragon · Sep 19, 2010

cheers kds, any idea if there is there way of pressure testing the system, and what pressure it should be? or is a pro job?

kds · Sep 19, 2010

I got a kit off discountcooling on ebay to convert the classic from r22 gas to r134a a few years ago that included a pressure gauge and have used that a few times on other cars, no idea what pressure meant to be, gauge got colour bands on it so just go by that, one or two peeps on here been to kwquickfit for gas top up so how about them for pressure check ?

kernowdragon · Sep 21, 2010

Thanks for that kds, maybe I'll give KF a try.

tommo138 · Sep 21, 2010

im sure that you can have a check done where they put a coloured dye in the system that shows any leaks when using an ultraviolet light, i could be wrong but sure ive heard it before.

Datatek · Sep 21, 2010

Leak detector dye shows without ultra violet light.

wammers · Sep 21, 2010

kernowdragon said:
Thanks for that kds, maybe I'll give KF a try.

You might be better off taking it to KFC.

Aircon Leak?

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