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#16
thanks for all the reply
I'm taking the car to the workshop next week
its been really helpful to get an insight into what could possibly be wrong, I could lay it bare to the technician ( I'm sure he will take it well knowing I gleaned it from a forum )
but at least, I'll ask him to thoroughly check every one of these points
I'm taking the car to the workshop next week
its been really helpful to get an insight into what could possibly be wrong, I could lay it bare to the technician ( I'm sure he will take it well knowing I gleaned it from a forum )
but at least, I'll ask him to thoroughly check every one of these points
#17
Anything's possible. But I still doubt it's a leak or moisture in the system. Repeated attempts to evac and recharge would likely not leave the same drop of moisture at the expansion valve and block it over and over. I'm not HVAC engineer. But I do frequently stay at Holiday Inn Express and I was a dealer tech for a long time and have never (serviced at least hundreds of auto a/c systems) experienced the situation you describe with moisture repeatedly blocking an expansion valve. Not saying it couldn't happen. Just haven't seen it.
My reading is that this system NEVER blows cold air no matter what, fully charged after several discharge/evac/charge cycles. I'm leaning expansion valve defect or ducting issue (software or mechanical). I've been wrong before.
My reading is that this system NEVER blows cold air no matter what, fully charged after several discharge/evac/charge cycles. I'm leaning expansion valve defect or ducting issue (software or mechanical). I've been wrong before.
And your correct, it obviously is NOT a leak. And regardless of the specifics, the problem very probably is at the expansion valve.
But, without some pressure readings, its all just conjecture. Any competetent tech could make a reasonable diagnosis pretty quickly with a set of refrigeration gauges.