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django81
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Jul 27, 2020, 9:39 AM

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Took my 2003 dodge dually to a diesel mechanic - new in town, and it was the AC. First repair shop replaced the condenser , next place replaced the AC evaporater , dryer and a few other components.... machine runs and say's there is a leak and the mechanic cannot find the leak................... so they fill it with freon and blows cold 45 then after a week , freons all gone............Is it correct to ask for my money back and go to another mechanic that specializes in AC or what can I do?Mad


Hammer Time
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Jul 27, 2020, 10:07 AM

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That's where you should have gone in the first place. It appears the first two components replaced were nothing but wild guesses.

The machine doesn't tell you there is a leak. An experienced tech tells you that. They should be actually confirming the leak before replacing anything. I wouldn't be surprised if they caused more leaks replacing unnecessary parts. They should have installed U/V dye and found the leak first.



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django81
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Jul 27, 2020, 10:20 AM

Post #3 of 6 (1426 views)
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Each mechanic ran dye through it and got no hits - all two of them


django81
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Jul 27, 2020, 10:22 AM

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How can two mechanics run dye and get no leaks or dye hits? It def has a leak ...................my mechanic tells me he has no idea why there is a leak but he cannot spot the dye....................... I'm not mechanic and I'm no boat rocker................They've been at it since April of this year!


Hammer Time
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Jul 27, 2020, 10:28 AM

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That's what happens when unqualified people try to diagnose AC problems.

Your refrigerant leaks out in a week. That is a very large leak and any qualified AC tech should have no problem finding it.



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Tom Greenleaf
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Jul 27, 2020, 3:52 PM

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A "one week" leakdown to poor performance should be easy for a real A/C tech. Dye you (meaning YOU) should be able to see the elusive leak is the evaporator too common on these will show when dripping water (again) oil in it from it leaking. It's unsure still without a sniffer if really replaced was it cleaned so well no new oil or dye would drip out with evidence in water.


Any good shop should also have a sniffer the hard part can be the whole shop is so polluted sets them off have to take it out and away - REALLY or lousy luck. That's their fault if doing this not yours IMO,


Tom







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