Air con oil leak

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TheStinkyHippy
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Air con oil leak

Post by TheStinkyHippy » Sat Jul 25, 2015 12:37 pm

I have found a couple of drips of oil here..

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Pretty sure this is the rear heater air con pipes, as when I run the air con one pipe gets very cold.
The oil is a light colour, def not condensation and it is oily.

Could this be an air con leak, or does some other oil flow through here?
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Simon Jones
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Re: Air con oil leak

Post by Simon Jones » Sat Jul 25, 2015 1:01 pm

Those are the A/C pipes although normally they would be silver in colour as they are made of aluminium (perhaps they've been undersealed?) and any oil would typically be bright green in colour. There are two different sizes of O-ring that contained within that joint and it's quite a common failure point. A decent air con engineer will be able to sort it out for you.
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Re: Air con oil leak

Post by rita » Sat Jul 25, 2015 2:53 pm

Its always worthwhile trying to nip up the set screws (bolts).You never know it might cure the leak.

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Re: Air con oil leak

Post by Gasy » Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:59 pm

That's pipe lagging on them isn't it , insulation
They all should be lagged
Sure mine are
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Re: Air con oil leak

Post by Simon Jones » Sat Jul 25, 2015 8:22 pm

Pipes should be lagged but the fittings on the end are exposed aluminium.
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