Pendleton

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My AC suddenly lost all charge this weekend. It's been fairly cool, so I've been running without my air, so I didn't notice exactly when it happened. I turned on the AC yesterday and got nothing. The clutch doesn't engage and the fuse is fine. So I did a quick bleed test on low side valve and got nothing. There is absolutely no charge there. So now I need to find out where the problem is. My question is this:

Can I use tracer dye if there's no charge at all and the compressor won't run? If so, how?

I see one sizable dent in the condenser, but it doesn't look punctured, but could be.

Thanks

Cam

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You'll to to charge the system. The dye mixes with the r134 and can be see with UV light after the system runs.

It doesnt take must to crack a condenser and leak all your charge out.

Pendleton

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Yeah, I just got under the car and I can see that whatever hit the condenser was enough to sever at least two of the horizontal fins and totally mash a half-dime size portion of the wavy fins (for lack of a better discription). I'm betting that's my problem. I hate to spend the cash to charge the system just to have it leak out so I can be sure that's where the leak is, but I guess you gotta do what you gotta do.