I appreciate the reponse - Im at? a quandry
in a quandry ?

-I have an appointment at the dealer for next tuesday - for them to troubleshoot/diagnose.

-Im new at the whole "halogen sniffer" game - it smelled refigerant(?) in the air vents, and at the drain last night, but tonight I cant get it to read consistently.

-The systems was leaking about a bottle every week or 10 days - thats slow, but enough to want to break things open (or make an appt at the dealer)

-a friend took some pics of the factory manual - you just remove the glove box and then a bunch of screws and everything (up to and including the evaporator) comes out in the passenger footwell
(why cant the german makes do this ?)

-I started removing stuff tonight, because boredom, and now Im looking at the evaporator
The sniffer reads nothing. No dye or colors present. the system is still closed and pressurized.

Do I break it open, get new parts on order, and start replacing stuff ? or wait a day, see if the sniffer reads stuff near the evap again ?
Or just button it back up and send it to the dealer on tuesday ?
I hate to drop $350 on parts if Im barking up the wrong tree.

-John

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