This is a follow up from a post a couple weeks ago. My previously working AC leaked at the seals.
Ozark Lee suggested trying seal conditioner that might soften up hardened rubber seals and stop the leaking, at least for a while.
Now that I've replaced a lower control arm and front struts, changed the oil, and a few other things, I"m back to the AC.
If Lee reads this, or anyone who has tried it, please suggest a brand that has worked for you and how you used it. How did you determine how much to install in balance with new R-134.
Thanks!
96 855 AC seal conditioner suggestions??
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Ozark Lee
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I don't know that one brand is better or worse than another. I used whatever they had at Advance Auto Parts which is the closest parts store to my house. It comes as an additive to R-134A in the same size can.
As far as how to add it, you just treat it as though it was standard R-134A and get the pressures in line accordingly.
...Lee
As far as how to add it, you just treat it as though it was standard R-134A and get the pressures in line accordingly.
...Lee
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If it's a car you like and want to keep, get down and dirty and figure out where the leak is and fix it right. AC systems don't respond well to " mechanic in a can" long term.
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Thanks, Lee.
I'm getting to like this car, plus I've put a bunch of time into it and some bucks—up to about $2k now. After fixing up the innards last fall, replacing all the rubber lines, doing the oil pump O-rings, long list of repairs that are standard for a '96, including replacing the struts with a pair of Monroes I pulled from a low mileage '97—not new, but the front suspension rides nicely, no thumping (the spring seats on the orignials were incredibly decrepit, no rubber left, metal rusting away).
It still looks pretty nice.
Needs rear shocks (which I have) and probably the rear control arms.
I don't drive it much so have been gently breaking in the new rings. I didn't think the turbo was working because I haven't accelerated hard—until today. A guy in a beater challenged me at an on-ramp and I whomped it—egads I think the turbo is working.
I really like the road feel of my 96 855 n/a 5 sp mt base, and the exhaust note. It's more of a utility car, fun to drive and fairly clean, just plain.
The burgundy 855 a.t. isn't plain, is nice to drive. So for now they both get to stay in my stable (along with my winter car, the '93 854).
There was dye in the system from last summer's recharge. When I worked on it last fall, I noticed dye at 3 seal points: both ends of the long pipe, compressor to condensor, and front of the compressor (oh, no, not that).
I have a compressor I pulled last summer from a jy car. It looks newish and the system was fully charged. I don't really feel like installing it, thus a desire for a short term "fix". I might replace the two pipe seals. That would leave the compressor seal. Hey, maybe it will hold until fall. I'll probably try it.
I'm getting to like this car, plus I've put a bunch of time into it and some bucks—up to about $2k now. After fixing up the innards last fall, replacing all the rubber lines, doing the oil pump O-rings, long list of repairs that are standard for a '96, including replacing the struts with a pair of Monroes I pulled from a low mileage '97—not new, but the front suspension rides nicely, no thumping (the spring seats on the orignials were incredibly decrepit, no rubber left, metal rusting away).
It still looks pretty nice.
Needs rear shocks (which I have) and probably the rear control arms.
I don't drive it much so have been gently breaking in the new rings. I didn't think the turbo was working because I haven't accelerated hard—until today. A guy in a beater challenged me at an on-ramp and I whomped it—egads I think the turbo is working.
I really like the road feel of my 96 855 n/a 5 sp mt base, and the exhaust note. It's more of a utility car, fun to drive and fairly clean, just plain.
The burgundy 855 a.t. isn't plain, is nice to drive. So for now they both get to stay in my stable (along with my winter car, the '93 854).
There was dye in the system from last summer's recharge. When I worked on it last fall, I noticed dye at 3 seal points: both ends of the long pipe, compressor to condensor, and front of the compressor (oh, no, not that).
I have a compressor I pulled last summer from a jy car. It looks newish and the system was fully charged. I don't really feel like installing it, thus a desire for a short term "fix". I might replace the two pipe seals. That would leave the compressor seal. Hey, maybe it will hold until fall. I'll probably try it.
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