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6 yo lennox leaking freon Muffy Links 05-27-2007
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Posted by Noon-Air on May 27, 2007, 8:29 pm

>
>
>> Had a new lennox high eff ac installed 6 years ago. Had it serviced this
>> year to clean the A coil. Week later the unit is out of freon. Called
>> themback and said it was most likely the A coil leaking although he could
>> not find the leak. Finally got a hold of the orig installer (diff co)
>> and he came over and pump it up at n/c 9 pounds of freon and a day and
>> half later the compressor shuts off due to low pressure (out of freon
>> again). Both techs cannot find the leak.
>>
>> Leaking that fast should'nt it be easy to find the leak? Far fetched ?,
>> but could it leak on the pipe run from the compressor to the a coil
>> somewhere due to a crazy vibration that wore a hole in the line?
>>
>> 2nd tech says he soaped the a coil and used his leak detector and could
>> not find it leaking on the a coil.
>>
>> What should I ask the tech to do to find the leak? Whats the proper
>> procedure?
>>
>> thanks.
>>
>> Mango
>
> As a followup, I went down stairs and traced the line coming out of the
> furnace back to the compressor and I notice some oily residue about two
> feet in under a finished room. I also noticed that the clip holding the
> line to the floor joists rusty. Would a leak of that size leave an oily
> residue?

yes

> thanks for everyone's help btw.
> Muffy
>
>>
>
>



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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on May 27, 2007, 11:21 pm

> As a followup, I went down stairs and traced the line coming out of the
> furnace back to the compressor and I notice some oily residue about two
> feet in under a finished room. I also noticed that the clip holding the
> line to the floor joists rusty. Would a leak of that size leave an oily
> residue?
>
> thanks for everyone's help btw.
> Muffy
>

Yes.. You have more ability than the idiots they sent out. It would be fair
to pay for the repair of the leak, but you should not have to pay for a
re-charge because of the incompetence of the first tech. They should have
followed the lines and found the leak the first time. The second charge
should be on them. If they refuse, take them to small claims court and
point out their lack of skills and ability that caused the second loss.



Posted by Tony Hwang on May 27, 2007, 8:14 pm
Muffy Links wrote:
> Had a new lennox high eff ac installed 6 years ago. Had it serviced this
> year to clean the A coil. Week later the unit is out of freon. Called
> themback and said it was most likely the A coil leaking although he could
> not find the leak. Finally got a hold of the orig installer (diff co) and
> he came over and pump it up at n/c 9 pounds of freon and a day and half
> later the compressor shuts off due to low pressure (out of freon again).
> Both techs cannot find the leak.
>
> Leaking that fast should'nt it be easy to find the leak? Far fetched ?, but
> could it leak on the pipe run from the compressor to the a coil somewhere
> due to a crazy vibration that wore a hole in the line?
>
> 2nd tech says he soaped the a coil and used his leak detector and could not
> find it leaking on the a coil.
>
> What should I ask the tech to do to find the leak? Whats the proper
> procedure?
>
> thanks.
>
> Mango
>
>
Hmmm,
There is such things as Freeon sniffer or leaking indicating dye.

Posted by =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tekkie=AE?= on May 28, 2007, 9:32 pm
Tony Hwang wrote:
> Muffy Links wrote:

>>
>> What should I ask the tech to do to find the leak? Whats the proper
>> procedure?
>>
>> thanks.
>>
>> Mango
>>
> Hmmm,
> There is such things as Freeon sniffer or leaking indicating dye.

To keep Tony Hunglow away from it!

Posted by Meat Plow on May 27, 2007, 11:30 pm
On Sun, 27 May 2007 16:58:00 -0500, Muffy Links wrote:

> Had a new lennox high eff ac installed 6 years ago. Had it serviced this
> year to clean the A coil. Week later the unit is out of freon. Called
> themback and said it was most likely the A coil leaking although he could
> not find the leak. Finally got a hold of the orig installer (diff co) and
> he came over and pump it up at n/c 9 pounds of freon and a day and half
> later the compressor shuts off due to low pressure (out of freon again).
> Both techs cannot find the leak.
>
> Leaking that fast should'nt it be easy to find the leak? Far fetched ?, but
> could it leak on the pipe run from the compressor to the a coil somewhere
> due to a crazy vibration that wore a hole in the line?
>
> 2nd tech says he soaped the a coil and used his leak detector and could not
> find it leaking on the a coil.
>
> What should I ask the tech to do to find the leak? Whats the proper
> procedure?
>
> thanks.
>
> Mango

You just need to find someone competent.



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