Well if you have a leak your best bet is to buy some of that sealant stuff for car air conditioners , and then fill it after it seals I heard stories where it works and where it doesn't depends on the size of the leak , and also if you put the right amount of refrigerant in your lines? It has to be exact there critically charged. Also the dryer is what keeps the lines/compressor clean , it acts as a filter and filters out moisture and other contaminants that can wear the system out , usually if you have a leak you have to repair the leak , hook up to a vaccum pump to pull down to a certain level of microns ( lower the better ) and then you charge with nitrogen to make sure its not leaking and also the nitrogen purges out some contaminants , and then you empty it and put vaccum pump on again , and then recharge.
hopefully you don't have a leak , if you do hopefully its small they get expensive to fix and there hard to get at in cars , I never worked on one in a car but am in my apprenticeship and its the same process just different scale/setup in a car... Goodluck though
hopefully you don't have a leak , if you do hopefully its small they get expensive to fix and there hard to get at in cars , I never worked on one in a car but am in my apprenticeship and its the same process just different scale/setup in a car... Goodluck though