A19, according to Rock Auto, my car's orifice tube color is black.

Yesterday I called three local automotive shops. Two didn't answer the phone and the third did answer. He talked to me about my diagnosis that I posted above. He then asked me if I had sprayed water on the condenser and I told him that I did not back on Sunday, 30 Aug 20. He told me to retest and sp...

I don't own any recovery equipment. I watched a YouTube video of a DIY guy recovering his refrigerant. He says that he had about $600 in his Robinair RG3 + tank + extra hose, fitting etc. What would be a ballpark price to have a pro shop reclaim my refrigerant? I guess I could call several shops tom...

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I then shut the engine down and noticed the high and low pressure equalized almost immediately on both gauges. I'm thinking that says something about the V7 compressor.

I read this morning that this is normal with a variable displacement compressor, right?

Good morning, A19 and thank you for your reply. Never add refrigerant with cans. I think you're overcharged. Leaks can be as simple as bad valve cores. Yes, I'm concerned that I'm overcharged as well. I just wonder why before I charged about 5 oz of R134a about 6 weeks ago that the system was taking...

For what it's worth, my car's OEM, V7 compressor is a made in Korea Delphi unit.

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I suspected that I had a refrigerant leak. One thing I noticed when I did the work 6 weeks ago was that there was fluorescent dye in the system. I don't ever remember installing any dye so I can only assume that GM installed it, right? Anyway, today I got real busy with my UV light looking for a lea...

Hello to everyone. I'm Danny and I was a member of this forum way back in the 2007 timeframe when I did an R12 to R134a conversion on my 1991 Mustang GT. I had to re-register (different user name this time) since the forum didn't remember me from back then. This forum was very helpful and I purchase...