Hello,
I have a 2008 Rav4 and 4 weeks ago my A/C unit stopped working so I made an appointment at the Dealer. They did an A/C diagnostic test and advised that it seems like my unit has a leak as the pressure was almost at 0 PSI. They refilled the system with refrigerant that has dye in it to detect a leak. I went back 2 weeks later and they told me I have a leak in my condenser which would be 1k to replace. I didn't proceed with that option at the time.
It's been 3 weeks since my system got refilled and my A/C is still blowing cold air. I have a co-worker that has the refill kit so I was going to try the AC seal refrigerant to see if I could seal the leak without replacing the condenser. When I tried to do it last night the pressure gauge showed that the low pressure line had 120 PSI which is overfilled according to the gauge.
I did some searching and it says the average low pressure line should be between 25 to 40 psi.
Any suggestions on what I should do? Seems like if there is a leak, that it's pretty small if the pressure in the line is still that high after 3 weeks. Also why would the dealer pressurize the line that high? to ensure the dye leaked out?
Thanks for your input.
I have a 2008 Rav4 and 4 weeks ago my A/C unit stopped working so I made an appointment at the Dealer. They did an A/C diagnostic test and advised that it seems like my unit has a leak as the pressure was almost at 0 PSI. They refilled the system with refrigerant that has dye in it to detect a leak. I went back 2 weeks later and they told me I have a leak in my condenser which would be 1k to replace. I didn't proceed with that option at the time.
It's been 3 weeks since my system got refilled and my A/C is still blowing cold air. I have a co-worker that has the refill kit so I was going to try the AC seal refrigerant to see if I could seal the leak without replacing the condenser. When I tried to do it last night the pressure gauge showed that the low pressure line had 120 PSI which is overfilled according to the gauge.
I did some searching and it says the average low pressure line should be between 25 to 40 psi.
Any suggestions on what I should do? Seems like if there is a leak, that it's pretty small if the pressure in the line is still that high after 3 weeks. Also why would the dealer pressurize the line that high? to ensure the dye leaked out?
Thanks for your input.