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Posted by on June 27, 2008, 9:15 pm
wrote:
>I had my Central A/C tuned up at the beginning of June. It has been
>working nicely, I still am getting cooling. My unit is a 4 ton
>Carrier system. It is an older system that uses R22.
>
>Today, I happened to take a peak through the top of the condenser
>unit, and noticed that there is a crack in the metal case of light
>grey colored cylindrical part.
>
>Here are links to 2 photos:
>
>http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeofpch/cracked_ac.jpg
>
>and
>
>http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeofpch/cracked_ac2.jpg
>
>What part is this? Does the crack in the metal case mean failure will
It is called 'paint'. Specifically, 'white paint'. I don't
know the part number off hand.
>soon happen...if so how soon? What is the brown stuff I see on the
>side of this part below the crack...is this oil? Do I have a freon
>leak?
It is called 'rust'. Again, I don't have the part number.
>
>Nobody mentioned this during my tune-up. From the looks of it, it's
>hard to believe the crack didn't exist at the beginning of the month
>at all, and they didn't need to add any freon because pressure was
>fine, and I'm still getting adequate cooling as far as I can tell.
>
>Does anything need to be done?
It is called Rustoleum. Sorry, no part number.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jay
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