Air Con Trouble

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Hi out there,
My smart forfour 2005 has had the air conditioning gassed up twice in the last week the first time it worked lovely but stopped working in two days. The place where i had it gassed said that there were no leaks registered on their machine. I have just had it re gassed again today , any ideas as to the cause.
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They normally use a dye to test for leaks, but all the system cannot be seen like the evaporator as its in the heater box
 
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Thanks for the information. It was tested for leaks on the machine prior to filling, if there was a leak it would not have filled the gas up. Thats to the best of my knowledge.
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A air in service machine will evacuate the system them run a vacuum test if it sees no drop in vacuum then it will allow the system to be charged. What you need to remember is a vacuum is very different to pressure! Pressure is what the system will run under every moment after it is charged. I see it all the time, on all cars the most likely point of a leak will be the condenser radiator, or a pipe. Have the system charged with OFN ( oxygen. Free nitrogen) and dye and find the source of the leak. Of course if you look carefully you might see a damp/ oily patch somewhere.


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