Hi everyone,
The AC went out in my 1998 T100 (5VZFE engine) a little while ago. I first checked if there was any refrigerant and saw there was none, so I got a recharge kit and brought the pressure up to ~45 PSI per the instructions about ambient temperature. The compressor kicked on and the AC was nice and cold inside... for about 30 seconds.
I quickly noticed that there was a major leak in either the high or low pressure hose where they meet the condenser. The system quickly discharged all the refrigerant I added and the pressure went back down to 0.
My question is: since it appears the system is depressurized, is it safe to disconnect the high and low pressure hoses and replace them, or should I still take my truck to a trained AC technician and have them fully depressurize the system before I replace the hoses? I'm leaning towards taking it in since I'm not sure if the system holds pressure other than in the hoses, but wanted to know if any of y'all have experience and think I can replace the hoses right now. Thanks!
The AC went out in my 1998 T100 (5VZFE engine) a little while ago. I first checked if there was any refrigerant and saw there was none, so I got a recharge kit and brought the pressure up to ~45 PSI per the instructions about ambient temperature. The compressor kicked on and the AC was nice and cold inside... for about 30 seconds.
I quickly noticed that there was a major leak in either the high or low pressure hose where they meet the condenser. The system quickly discharged all the refrigerant I added and the pressure went back down to 0.
My question is: since it appears the system is depressurized, is it safe to disconnect the high and low pressure hoses and replace them, or should I still take my truck to a trained AC technician and have them fully depressurize the system before I replace the hoses? I'm leaning towards taking it in since I'm not sure if the system holds pressure other than in the hoses, but wanted to know if any of y'all have experience and think I can replace the hoses right now. Thanks!