If the refrigerant has leaked out, then you can not do a home repair. you need to replace all the pipework and get someone to come in and re pressurise the system. This is a job for a professional.
When the fridge is not cooling due to freon leak or freon restriction.
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The 1998 Chevy did not come with Freon (R12) installed. Freon was banned beginning in 1996. It contains R-134. You have a leak that needs repairing before adding more refrigerant. It is illegal to add refrigerant to a system with a leak. Seek out professional help to repair the leak.The 1998 Chevy did not come with Freon (R12) installed. Freon was banned beginning in 1996. It contains R-134. You have a leak that needs repairing before adding more refrigerant. It is illegal to add refrigerant to a system with a leak. Seek out professional help to repair the leak.
It contains no Freon. Freon has not been used since 1995. It contains R134a. If it needs recharging then you have a leak. It is illegal to add refrigerant to a system with a leak without first repairing the leak. As you cannot do this yourself, you need to take it to a professional for repair and recharging.
It contains no Freon. It contains R134 Refrigerant. If it is low, that means it has a leak. It is illegal to add refrigerant without first repairing the leak. Take it to a professional for repair and recharge.
Does not use Freon. Uses R-134. Take it to an A/C expert, where they will find the leak and repair before recharging the system. It is illegal to add refrigerant without fixing the leak.
it contains no Freon. It contains R134a refrigerant. If it need refrigerant that means you have a leak. It is illegal to add refrigerant without first repairing the leak. Seek professional help with the repair first.
Contact the manufacturer and inquire if they repair or replace the units with freon leaks. Also ask them if they can refer a repair shop near the town you live in. Quite simply, putting more freon in it will leak out and it will keep freezing up. Fix the leak. >>>> More times than not the leak is not in the coils. It could be any one of the 4 piping connections (2 on the furnace and 2 on the condenser) and if the installer did not use a single line set, any of those additional joints as well or somewhere else in the condenser. Coil leaks are rare for the most part. Usually the hardest part of leak repair is finding it.
There are lots of places that can leak freon and some can be sealed with stop leak. The only way is to try it.
As this is not a "Do-It-Yourself" kind of job, the best advice anyone can give to you is to call a licensed Heating and Ventilation engineer to advise you.
cooling will continue when the refrigerator operates then it has freon ,if cooling stops while operating then it does not have....
You have to have a freon leak detector. Are you can put freon dye in the system and find a leak that way.