pHEnomIC

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I broke my a/c tube a couple weeks ago after a cam swap. I developed a hairline crack and i left it evacuate over night. I took the tube off to check the damage and rtved it the next day. It sat 2 weeks while iwas at college and now i have a new pipe on and am vacuuming the moisture out. DO you think that my drier will be toast or is there a possibility that it will work fine?

taintedmeat

iTrader: (1)

My drier tube o-ring broke and leaked out all of my refrigerant a while back. I replaced the tube and it works just like it did before it broke.

01WS6/tamu

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Technically by the book replace it but. If thats the case every bodyshop on earth would be in trouble. I've done it many times through our shop just pull a good deep vaccum on it and you'll be ok.

BAD ASS TA WS6

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Should be replaced.

Inside the A/C drier is a bag of desicant. If the unit is left open for more than 5 minutes, it is typically no good. There are no exceptions...

Have a shop do a full A/C service on the vehicle. They need to:
reclaim whatever is in there
replace the A/C drier
Re-charge the system with R-134a
They will also check for a vacuum leak with the machine...

Rob

pHEnomIC

iTrader: (14)

Im the adventurous type. Im gonna vacuum it for a while and attempt to recharge it myself. We shall see if it works out or not. If not, then come summer, i will evacuate it, change the drier and try it again.

intense3123

Might as well buy a new accumulator drier unless you'd like to buy refrigerant twice. Also what line is the crack on. If it's on the high pressure side (over 125 psi) I don't think your silicone is gonna hold the leak.

pHEnomIC

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Crack was on high pressure side. The silicon was to keep moisture out. It worked once the freon was evacuated. I vacuumed and recharged the a/c today. It works better than ever. Once the compressor kicks on, it BLOWS!

We shall see how it holds till the summer.

01WS6er

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I have left system open for days/weeks while working on putting a wreck job back together (I am a tech). They recommend to replace if open for more than 24 hrs. You are suppoed the replace the dryer, but as stated it is not manditory. Like you stated pull a real good vacumm on it for about 1 hr and charge it. You should be ok. The vacuum will removed 90 percent of the moisture. i would not worry about it.