I do not know if there is a dye in the system as my shop did the work. I believed that they did use a dye to detect the leak. I tried to charge the system myself and what I saw was fairly obvious, hissing and whitish cloud of refrigerant coming up from under the car.

Nearly 9 months later and when I need AC the most nothing. Took it to a shop and they did a vacuum on the system and then a leak test. Shop said that the refrigerant was leaking from the compressor and that I need a new compressor. The shop said that the leak was from the pressure relief valve in th...

Ok so this is what I did. I checked the AC relay in the glove box (blue) and it clicks when the AC is turned on. I pulled it out and checked it with power and a meter and it looked good. I don't think there is power going to the low side switch because I got no reading on it today. I tried to jump t...