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Hello Guys,

 

The other day I got in my truck and no AC (at least the first time I noticed). Today I took a look at my condenser throught the grill and saw the attached picture.... can someone please chime in and tell me if that is a leak or the row in the condendser is designed to have that gap.

 

Looks to me to be the source of my leak, but I have no idea how that would have happened and it looks like it would have taken a signficant event to cause that. This is on the passenger side.

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Hello Guys,
 
The other day I got in my truck and no AC (at least the first time I noticed). Today I took a look at my condenser throught the grill and saw the attached picture.... can someone please chime in and tell me if that is a leak or the row in the condendser is designed to have that gap.
 
Looks to me to be the source of my leak, but I have no idea how that would have happened and it looks like it would have taken a signficant event to cause that. This is on the passenger side.
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That left the factory or someones shop like that. Likely was leaking and repaired at some point.

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4 minutes ago, Snowcamo said:

That left the factory or someones shop like that. Likely was leaking and repaired at some point.

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Should more than likely start with replacing that anyways you think?

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If its not leaking id just roll with it. Id start by finding a leak if you have one.

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Usually around a leak you'll see oil. You can get a can of refrigerant with dye in it and put it in the system then look under a black light to find the leak.

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5 hours ago, Lsgun1 said:

Usually around a leak you'll see oil. You can get a can of refrigerant with dye in it and put it in the system then look under a black light to find the leak.

I gave that a shot. Could not find where it was spitting from. How ever, I went to check the pressure and the system was empty.

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Fill it back up, turn the engine off and check visually and listen for hissing.. Fill a spray bottle with dish soap and spray all the hvac system. Watch for bubbles.

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6 hours ago, Snowcamo said:

Fill it back up, turn the engine off and check visually and listen for hissing.. Fill a spray bottle with dish soap and spray all the hvac system. Watch for bubbles.

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It's dead empty ?, won't accept much of a charge either.

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