Year: 1998
Make: Chevrolet
Model: Prizm
Engine Size: 1.8
Refrigerant Type: R-134a
Country of Origin: United States

This thread is to make beginners aware of the danger of using "Mechanic in a can", so they don't make the same mistake I did.

About a year or so ago, I used "Super Seal" and UV dye to try to find and/or fix a leak in my Prizm's then non-functional A/C. It didn't work. As it turned out the leak was in the compressor shaft seal and was not repairable because of a rusty shaft. I left the system alone until this summer when i did it right.

Moral is: If you have a leak, use a wrench, not a can.

This is what I found today, when I finally opened my old accumulator.

There was even more in the compressor, but I sent it back already. (Core)



Edited: Thu August 13, 2009 at 4:23 PM by K_Watson

It was original, so it went as a core to the place I got my Reman.

Nice pic, thanks for posting.

Great example of how the orifice in the J tube is no longer going to supply/meter proper oil flow to the compressor.

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