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Old 08-01-2008, 03:41 PM
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94 w124 ac question (cloudy air)

I just recharged my r134a system with two 12oz cans. THe air blows super cold but the air is a bit cloudy like there is either dust or possibly refrigerant in the air coming from the vents. Could it be a leak in the accumulator is leaking refrigerant into the cabin. The air doesn't have much smell to it at all and there is no irritation breathing it (short term obviously I am not hanging out in there to find out if it is going to hurt me) Any ideas or experience on this would be great.

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Old 08-01-2008, 03:51 PM
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If you have enough refrigerant escaping from the evaporator to form clouds, your system won't be cooling for long.

The problem can't be an accumulator, since our cars use a receiver instead.
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Old 08-01-2008, 04:07 PM
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If you have enough refrigerant escaping from the evaporator to form clouds, your system won't be cooling for long.

The problem can't be an accumulator, since our cars use a receiver instead.
Guess I just gotta keep running it and see if it stops cooling. You think its an evap issue? I know the 124's are notorious for bad evaps.
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Old 08-01-2008, 04:13 PM
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Could it be condensing moisture from the cabin air when it mixes with it? You did say it was "super" cold. I don't know that I have ever seen this but we don't have that much humidity here and mine isn't super cold.
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Old 08-02-2008, 12:30 PM
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For humid weather, the best button to use on the controller is hollow arrow up / solid arrow down.

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