95 E300D engine cuts out

[smk_texas]

Hi,

The AC in my 95E300D was not working for a while. Today I decided to check if there was any freon in the system. There was no pressure at the low side...absolutely zero. None at the high side either. So i decided to add freon.....I set the blower fan at high, temp at min and turned on the AC. The AC engaged and for about 45-60 seconds it seemed to take in some freon. Then suddenly the engine died but the blower fan was still at full blast.

I turned off the car and restarted again. Repeated the same process again but this time the engine died within 10 seconds after the Compressor engaged.

Any ideas on where to start. Thanks

smk_texas