Air conditioning trouble

[DOUGGN]

My a/c stopped working - recharged it and it works fine, but the system has a leak. I have a reputable repair shop but they don't do a lot of turbo buicks. Is there anything special about the a/c on a turbo car or is it pretty much like repairing a regular regal? Any help would be great - got an appointment for thursday morning for the shop to check it out.

 

[SuperSix]

No, nothing special.

 

[JimP]

get them to put in some dye and there will be no trouble finding the leak.

 

[SuperSix]

The only thing "different" I guess is that the A/C hoses that cross the radiator are no longer available. If those are leaking, you will need to get them rebuilt (new rubber sections), it's less than $100 though. There's a vendor that claims to have "new" ones, but if they are indeed GM - no way to know how old (brittle/dry, etc) the rubber hose sections are, and the original rubber formulation may not play nice with R134a.

 

[DOUGGN]

The only thing "different" I guess is that the A/C hoses that cross the radiator are no longer available. If those are leaking, you will need to get them rebuilt (new rubber sections), it's less than $100 though. There's a vendor that claims to have "new" ones, but if they are indeed GM - no way to know how old (brittle/dry, etc) the rubber hose sections are, and the original rubber formulation may not play nice with R134a.

I'm still using R-12

 

[jayp57]

very basic GM a/c system. Most convert to R134, works fine and R12 is a dinosaur. Nothing the shop should have any problems with.

 

[SIXBANGR]

Local Ford dealer did mine, it was leaking at the high pressure schrader valve.

 

[DOUGGN]

compressor seals leaking - having a hard time finding a compressor with the serpentine pulley instead of the v-belt locally.