Any air conditioning service person, it is a large part of the job.Believe it or not I find locating them more difficult most times than fixing them.
A complex machine such as an air conditioner can fail in many different ways, but the most usual way is a leak of the coolant (which is probably freon).
7 pounds
There is no such thing as Air Conditioning coolant.
Never, unless you have a leak.
Wet passenger flood is caused by either a leak in the air conditioning drain line or a leak in the windshield sealant or a coolant leak coming from the heater core.
No.
No, unless you have a refrigerant leak.
Gravity, it is tilted the wrong way.
a leak
Whether the leak is miniscule or not is not the issue. If your system is leaking refrigerant, you must have it repaired. Any technician that puts refrigerant in a leaking system and does not identify the leak is not worth keeping. Answer is, since it is a sealed system, if the unit is losing coolant there is a problem, there is a leak. However, as a practical matter and since the leak may be miniscule, having your system checked every couple of years is not a bad idea.
Liquid coolant
It strains any impurities from the coolant.