Hey guys, its starting to warm up and its time for me to finally fix my air conditioning. It has never EVER really worked 100% correctly since ive owned the car. Here is the story, skip this if you want:
When I bought the car, it had a super small leak in the line that runs from the compressor to the dryer. I recharged it twice, until it would leak out and start blowing warm again.
Then, one day I was working on my car when I leaned onto the line that runs from the condensor (radiator looking thing) to the compressor. With the S-Trim, you have to bend one of the AC lines and this made it weak. I broke it one of the fittings that comes off the condensor. I fixed this by buying the line that runs from the condensor to the compressor, and a line that runs from the compressor to the dryer (bought from slow5.0/ernan). I also replaced the dryer then. Filled it again.
I cant quite remember what happened next, but it somehow leaked out again, and I filled it again...... Only to find out that the valve pictured below, leaked after hooking up the fill majigger to it. I put the cap on real quick and tight, and believe it or not it held pretty well. Now, if I take the valve cap off, it starts to leak. My a/c now blows cold only when its semi-cool out and if im moving. If the car is hot or im stuck in traffic, it does not.
Im tired of dumping money into this stupid a/c problem, but before I replace everything, I was wondering what you guys think of this. I was gonna replace the valve pictured, getting one of those cheap a/c refill kits from auto zone and seeing what happens. As far as I can remember, I fixed all the leaks and since it does blow cold sometimes im thinking its just low on refrigerant. What do you guys think I should do? The valve is like $10, and a refill kit is like what....$50? Should I spend $60 now and see if it works, or should I go ahead and spend $500 replacing everything again.
Another question, does that valve just unscrew and then I put the new one on?
When I bought the car, it had a super small leak in the line that runs from the compressor to the dryer. I recharged it twice, until it would leak out and start blowing warm again.
Then, one day I was working on my car when I leaned onto the line that runs from the condensor (radiator looking thing) to the compressor. With the S-Trim, you have to bend one of the AC lines and this made it weak. I broke it one of the fittings that comes off the condensor. I fixed this by buying the line that runs from the condensor to the compressor, and a line that runs from the compressor to the dryer (bought from slow5.0/ernan). I also replaced the dryer then. Filled it again.
I cant quite remember what happened next, but it somehow leaked out again, and I filled it again...... Only to find out that the valve pictured below, leaked after hooking up the fill majigger to it. I put the cap on real quick and tight, and believe it or not it held pretty well. Now, if I take the valve cap off, it starts to leak. My a/c now blows cold only when its semi-cool out and if im moving. If the car is hot or im stuck in traffic, it does not.
Im tired of dumping money into this stupid a/c problem, but before I replace everything, I was wondering what you guys think of this. I was gonna replace the valve pictured, getting one of those cheap a/c refill kits from auto zone and seeing what happens. As far as I can remember, I fixed all the leaks and since it does blow cold sometimes im thinking its just low on refrigerant. What do you guys think I should do? The valve is like $10, and a refill kit is like what....$50? Should I spend $60 now and see if it works, or should I go ahead and spend $500 replacing everything again.
Another question, does that valve just unscrew and then I put the new one on?