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Have a problem with my A/C in 03 LS

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Alright guys, I have a pretty bad issue that pisses me off. I live in Maryland and well, when its spring/summer, it gets hot! Here's my problem, the A/C works, but no cold air comes out. It blows air no problem and when you switch the modes like vent to defrost and etc, it works completely fine. There's just not any cold air that comes out. I tried recharging it and it blew a little cool air, but i think it might be out for good. I also checked all fuses and relays and there fine, the compressor turns on no problem, and etc. I hope someone could help me out, thanks.

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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
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Well yeah find the leak and solder it is the best thing to do , but some can be hard to find and some of the dye methods do more harm then good , you can buy an electronic sniffer other than that you still gotta vaccum it etc when you fix the whole other wise the moisture and non-condensables and anything else that got in will wreck the compressor , fn expensive to fix on cars lol
Haha don't mind the soldering the leak part im thinking of adding more tubing or some shit , long day lol
"There is no soldering, welding, mechanic in a can. Second, you do not have to replace the dryer just because there is a leak"

Like Cavalier said anytime the system is opened you must replace to dryer , you don't have to really but you risk running the system with contaminants , which eventually will wear things down or could cause non - condensibles to get into the compressor and it will eventually fry the compressor.
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