05-13-2014, 09:50 AM
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Help me find my r134a leak
Note: This is for a 1999 Alero V6 with 40K miles...
I have a r134a leak. Looking around (yes even with UV glasses) I am seeing some highly suspicious stains (yellowish area )in the area around the HP port, pictured below:
From looking at those pictures, is that indicative of the port being bad, the gasket between the port and the A/C line, the A/C line itself, or maybe the pressure switch below it. What do you think? |
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05-13-2014, 09:56 AM
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40k miles????
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05-13-2014, 10:05 AM
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40k miles????
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It was my Mom's car for the first 9 years of it's life so it sat in a garage and was only used to go to Walmart and the doctors. |
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05-13-2014, 11:15 AM
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LOL Lucky bastard more pics please  |
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05-13-2014, 12:45 PM
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The thought also occurred to me that that dye might be splatter from the initial fill.
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05-13-2014, 01:13 PM
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Car is super clean! Only if it were black. Id hit the buy it now button
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S. . .L. . . E . . .E. . .P. . .Y. . .IS A TRAITOR--HE GOT BORED SO HE SOLD ME AFTER HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH A RICE ROCKET
Oldsnut is my Hero!
Meet Destiny, shes a 2001 Oldsmobile Alero GLS, F40 6MT swap. (#2 of 3)
2/24/14 - 200,000 miles body/motor. 22,300 on F40.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Oldsnut
He would Plasti Dip his pecker if he could.
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Originally Posted by tipnitty
A girl touched my Pee Pee. So you can say things are getting pretty serious for me.
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05-13-2014, 02:04 PM
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Super nice congorats bud
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05-13-2014, 08:59 PM
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I changed my high side port years ago because it was leaking. But your right about the splatter, the pressure when you take the line off sprays a little out.
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05-14-2014, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by rustyballs_69
I changed my high side port years ago because it was leaking. But your right about the splatter, the pressure when you take the line off sprays a little out.
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How did you determine that it was leaking? I did change out a high side port on another car, but it was obvious in that I could hear the leak, making it easy enough to find. |
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05-14-2014, 05:05 PM
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Its Beer Thirty
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I could hear mine leaking also.
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05-26-2014, 06:24 PM
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Its Beer Thirty
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Figure your leak out yet? I was reading on the net about the gm high side service port, I guess they leak, a lot! It might be a good idea to just get it replaced. I just had my own A/C issues. Blowing cold while driving but at a stop or just idling warm air. The low side was reading 55 psi and high side was 150 psi. Internal compressor failure. Got a new compressor, dryer, and orifice tube. Flushed the evaporator and lines. Works great now.
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05-27-2014, 12:39 PM
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I have not figured out my leak yet, and might not anytime soon. I have no idea how long the current r134a charge will last either, but it's leaking too slow to find right now.
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