Leak or no leak?

Posted by KJPRO on August 6, 2008, 10:04 am

> KJPRO wrote:

>>> The only simple leak is when an idiot like you forgets to tighten the
>>> cap or loses the O-ring seal in the end of the cap.

>> Sounds like you know my *so-called* competition.

> I wonder how much they make in return service calls?

Plenty, but the sad thing is... most of the people calling them, think that
this is a normal practice!

Posted by Luca on August 6, 2008, 6:20 am

Around here the kids are huffing it out of peoples units again.... The told
me two kids in the hospital last week.

> The annual cleaning is an excellent idea. Freon doesn't just disappear. if
> there is less in the system, there is a leak.
> Problem is, some leaks are hard to find, expensive to repair, and just
> asking to be ignored. We don't know, in this case, if it's a simple leak
> that's easy to fix.
> --
> Christopher A. Young
> Learn more about Jesus
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> .
> Hi,
> I am having a difference of opinion with a co-worker and I am
> wondering if I am right or he is right. His home AC stopped cooling
> (over time) and he had it cleaned and re-charged. He said the
> mechanic who charged it said it had lost nearly half its charge. I
> said if it lost any of its charge, then there had to have been a
> leak. To me this was common sense and agrees with what I know about
> car air conditioners. He said that he would choose to agree with his
> mechanic who said that all it needed was cleaning, charging and
> regular (once a year) servicing.
> Who's right? How else might a home air conditioner lose its charge?
> If it can lose its charge without any defective parts, how does that
> happen and what needs to be done to avoid that happening?
>

Posted by Stormin Mormon on August 6, 2008, 10:36 am

Thank you, I'd forgot about huffing. My parts house has theft resistant
valve caps. Not sure that will prevent huffing, but who can tell? They are
expensive, I don't remember the numbers.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

Around here the kids are huffing it out of peoples units again.... The told
me two kids in the hospital last week.

> The annual cleaning is an excellent idea. Freon doesn't just disappear. if
> there is less in the system, there is a leak.

Posted by Bubba on August 6, 2008, 5:08 pm

On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:36:32 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"

>Thank you, I'd forgot about huffing. My parts house has theft resistant
>valve caps. Not sure that will prevent huffing, but who can tell? They are
>expensive, I don't remember the numbers.

Thats because you dont spend any money on anything you stupid cheap
bastard.
Bubba

Posted by =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Tekkie=AE?= on August 6, 2008, 9:55 pm

Bubba posted for all of us...

> On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:36:32 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
>

> >Thank you, I'd forgot about huffing. My parts house has theft resistant
> >valve caps. Not sure that will prevent huffing, but who can tell? They are
> >expensive, I don't remember the numbers.

>
> Thats because you dont spend any money on anything you stupid cheap
> bastard.
> Bubba
>

He doesn't have any on the Pinto.
Don't worry he'll troll around looking at cars to rip them off.

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