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paulscooby789

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Can't find any thread with an air con blockage problem. My local garage has tried to re-gas my leon but said after a few hours of trying to clear a blockage in the system, the pressure after putting the gas in was to high and dangerous.
He is no expert in air con so was wondering if anyone could help. The compressor is working.

Paul
 
Im an ac/ refrigeration engineer by trade.

I persume he knows its a blockage because you have a high discharge pressure and low suction pressure? If its just a high discharge pressure this could be because the fans arent running, they should be on low at all times when ac is on, and depending on ambient will cycle between high and low fan speed.

With out going too technical, but theres a capillary tube in the system between the high and low side, this is know as the expansion device and is basically a very small bore tube, this can easilly get blocked but is rare unless your ac system has been open (rads off due to crash etc). Or the capillary can get blocked by moisture, which can be due to bad practice or again due to the system being open, but the moisture can be removed by a good evacuation.

Im not directing this at the place that did your work, but a lot of garages that offer ac repairs arent that specialised in the industry, they just plug it in to the machine and can sometimes misdiagnose it.

A simple check yourself is turn ac on and see if fans run on low speed, allow it to run for 5 to 10 mins and see if the high speed fans run on and off, if they run on high speed all the time it could be a blockage or over charged( too much refrigerant put in). If the fans dont run at all that could explain a high pressure problem as the fans cant remove the heat, more heat = more pressure.

Keep me updated or pm me for more info, im on my iphone atm so its annoying writing too much, but could reply on laptop in future. Jack
 
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Thanks For time and info Jack,
the mechanic thought that the a/c unit could have been opened as you said, but thought it would clear with a good evacuation.
I'm not sure were to go with it now, don't want to spend silly money but would like to get it sorted.
I think a specialist car a/c company would be next step, any advice appreciated

Paul
 
Its hard to diagnose with out looking as different problems can give similar symptons. You could try blowing it out with ofn from one side to another to help blow out the capillary, or try giving it a tripple evacuation to remove any moisture and the charge with the correct amount of liquid refrigerant.

A high discharge pressure could be a blockage, but it could also be nitrogen in the system.

Perhaps try taking to a car ac specialist to get their opinion, where are you based?
 
Jack,
near Woking in Surrey Gu212DY, can you suggest someone ?
 
Hmm sorry i live in devon, a little away from you. Try searching online or ask a few garages who they reccommend.
 
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