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A leaking compressor often fixed for minimal cash IF you can find the parts to do it. The seal up front fixes in minutes and other places about as easy. The problem being finding parts, the compressor suppliers press very hard now to stop all associated single small parts sales to again get the megabuck selling everything ast once, Unitized parts are the bane of the DIYer now..
 
If you aren’t sure take it to a shop. Surprisingly the dealer only charged $180 for me just a week or so ago to vacuum out the system and put in new refrigerant. When you consider some of the recharging systems can cause $50 bucks…not that bad really. Besides cost, if you overfill it you can potentially damage components like the compressor, which one shop quoted $1400 to replace.
Not to mention if you over fill you can cause your system to have reduced performance as well. AC systems are not like the cooling loop on am engine, they are designed to hold a very specific amount of refrigerant.
 
Not to mention if you over fill you can cause your system to have reduced performance as well. AC systems are not like the cooling loop on am engine, they are designed to hold a very specific amount of refrigerant.
Yes and in many systems, if you are missing just a bit, it actually results in the coil freezing!
 
Uh, no. The less you have the less the compressor can compress. Then more refrigerant stays gaseous and less cooling happens. Gaseous condition is already partially expanded and cannot cool like liquid refrigerant.

The evaporator freezes more than anything else by blower speeds falling lower, less air through evap then allows it to freeze easier. Why I eternally b-tch about the lack of super blowers to really push a/c performance up like on new cars.

The cooling amount depends on a certain density thing. You can get good cooling with slightly too little oil in system or too much but you won't hit the weight mark because the oil amount has to be dead on to hit the OEM refrigerant weight. I actually prefer slightly less oil in the systems, it allows for a slightly bigger load of refrigerant than normal but the density remains the same, it then freezes your butt off. I never add oil to any system and if lost you have to start all over.

I can get good cooling out of a system that is 20% low on refrigerant and it works great. Done it more than once. Why I never weigh anything at all, no need. And, you actually want to know if the oil amount is off, using true high pressure gauge setup indicates that instantly if you think.
 
Other causes, you are defying the physics of refrigeration. Less refrigerant is less cooling, the density thing again. Needed density of refrigerant gets lower, cooling drops like a rock. You might have noticed localized freezing due to some quirk of capillary cooling there. Similar to uncapping a can of refrigerant to open air and the fact it all takes time to dissipate rather than becoming a gas all at once. The time element can make some weird freezing exhibits.
 
Other causes, you are defying the physics of refrigeration. Less refrigerant is less cooling, the density thing again. Needed density of refrigerant gets lower, cooling drops like a rock. You might have noticed localized freezing due to some quirk of capillary cooling there. Similar to uncapping a can of refrigerant to open air and the fact it all takes time to dissipate rather than becoming a gas all at once. The time element can make some weird freezing exhibits.
Yeah, I remember. We would put warm beer bottles in the freezer and then if we would forget them just a little bit too long, it would freeze instantly when we opened them! Some kind of a beer (slush) puppy!
 
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I apologize for the late response and I agree with 100% everything you stated.
So it turns out it’s not the fuse but the compressor. It died. So to replace it, vacuum the old refrigerant, and refill it the total was just a shade under $1200 CAD. Most of that cost went to the compressor.

I was lucky my co-worker recommended a trustworthy mechanics.
 
I apologize for the late response and I agree with 100% everything you stated.
So it turns out it’s not the fuse but the compressor. It died. So to replace it, vacuum the old refrigerant, and refill it the total was just a shade under $1200 CAD. Most of that cost went to the compressor.

I was lucky my co-worker recommended a trustworthy mechanics.
And you’re lucky it wasn’t the evaporator. You would have spent $2,000 more. Happened to me.
 
That’s not a bad price really. I’m in the USA and a mechanic quoted about $1400 for replacing a compressor here. Usually seems like the exchange rate usually favors the USA so it sounds like you got a decent deal.
 
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