Forgive me if I use the wrong terminology.
The AC on our Corvette is cooling, but not well. If it's really hot out, it's not going to cool much at all. We think it has a freon leak. It was charged and worked great, and then the next day, not so much.
This is an old AC system that takes the old-school freon. The mechanic my mom has used since about 1982 can't get it. He mentioned having done a lot of conversions about 20 years ago - retrofitting the AC systems to take the new freon.
I have a few questions about how to move forward. Obviously, we need to find the leak. He was going to put freon with dye in it... but then didn't have the correct kind of freon. It there another way to do this... maybe an inert has with dye? Is this guy just not knowledgeable enough?
Do I need to retrofit for the new freon? I'd rather not, but if I won't be able to find the old freon how do we fix this?
Completely unsure how to proceed... planning to see another mechanic soon to see if they can fix it.
Lastly, can anyone here recommend a good mechanic in Houston? We live near Jersey Village, but I drove to Sharpstown today to see my mom's mechanic so I don't mind a bit of a drive.
The AC on our Corvette is cooling, but not well. If it's really hot out, it's not going to cool much at all. We think it has a freon leak. It was charged and worked great, and then the next day, not so much.
This is an old AC system that takes the old-school freon. The mechanic my mom has used since about 1982 can't get it. He mentioned having done a lot of conversions about 20 years ago - retrofitting the AC systems to take the new freon.
I have a few questions about how to move forward. Obviously, we need to find the leak. He was going to put freon with dye in it... but then didn't have the correct kind of freon. It there another way to do this... maybe an inert has with dye? Is this guy just not knowledgeable enough?
Do I need to retrofit for the new freon? I'd rather not, but if I won't be able to find the old freon how do we fix this?
Completely unsure how to proceed... planning to see another mechanic soon to see if they can fix it.
Lastly, can anyone here recommend a good mechanic in Houston? We live near Jersey Village, but I drove to Sharpstown today to see my mom's mechanic so I don't mind a bit of a drive.