If the system was drained, or leaked out, yes it needs evacuated.
If the system was drained, or leaked out, yes it needs evacuated.
If the system was drained, or leaked out, yes it needs evacuated.
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Yes you need freon if you own a heatpump, with a furnace/oil burner you could do without the freon.
A machine that reclaims Freon is needed to remove the old Freon. The system will then need to have a vacuum pulled, and then the new Freon can be added.
I guess you have a heatpump or you would not be asking this. You need a set of freon pressure guages and the heater specs. Now you learn what the pressure lines are suppossed to be doing at the temperatures inside and outside and adjust the freon accordingly.
This has to be done by professionals. You need to evacuate the freon and the lines may need to we cut and welded.
Low on freon, a weak compressor, or a restriction in your metering device.
The best way to fix an expansion valve for the A/C system is to replace it. of course then you have to evacuate and recharge with freon.
May have a clog in the system or if it is too humid outside could be a frozen line under the hood, if it took 3 cans of freon chances are the system has too much moisture in it and will not get too cold, answere is to find where the leak is.....fix it....then evacuate it, replace the filter cannister(incandescent sock) and evacuate and replace the freon by a pro.
There is only one type of freon, but before we go further, freon has been banned due to it's hazardousness to the environment.
you just skipped a step, now you don't have to evacuate the system. But doing that on perpose could cost you a $25,000 fine.
yes
Evacuate the freon from the system. Disconnect the hose from both ends and blow it out with compressed air, doing both ends of the hose. When replacing the hose, use thread tape on the threads.