Automotive Air Conditioning Leak Repair

Scotty Kilmer, mechanic for the last 42 years, shows how you can fix leaks in your own car's air conditioning system. Visit Scottykilmer.com for free answers to all your car quesitons.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• air
• conditioning
• leak
• refrigerant
• hot
• cold
• scotty
• kilmer
• expert
• mechanic
• advice

[TheRongacula]

Hey Scotty, I have a 2005 Chevy Cobalt that is leaking underneath the passenger side dash board when the AC is running, when I make turn, it sounds like a burning spraying sound, is there any way you can post something to help fix that?

[scottykilmer]

@TheRongacula your evap drain hose is clogged up, that's AC water from condensation. Flush that hose out, I use a garden hose myself to unclog em

[BlooDish14]

my car was wrecked and now i would like to know how to check if my a/c leaks? how can i do that? i dont want to fill it with r134a if it leaks its bad

[scottykilmer]

@BlooDish14 you put a little 134 a in and some uv leak dye, then check for leaks. I have videos on that, just type "ac leak repair " on the search on my scottykilmer channel main page

[rfranco379]

I have a 94 chevy pickup with an a/c leak.. a friend mechanic actually filled it once and blew nice and cool for a few day thats when I discovered it had a leak somewhere.. any tips and tools to use? I want to save money to learn myself just to be helpful.

[scottykilmer]

@rfranco379 watch this video, and use UV leak dye to find the leak. If you see no dye leaking in the test, take the dash apart and you'll probably see the dye inside the evaporator core when you get to that.

[SuperrJoel]

nice harley

[scottykilmer]

@sisiisabetty09 dealers overcharge everyone, they have insane overhead. Go to an independant.

[sisiisabetty09]

hi i have a nissan altimma 03 the dealer wants to charge me 475 for a leaking a/c horse i would do it myself but i don't have any of the Equipment to do so are they over charging me?

[APEZ94]

Scotty u da man!!!