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echo: automotive
to: ROY WITT
from: TOM WALKER
date: 2011-10-07 07:33:00
subject: Value tap / cam noise

RW> MH> I was considering using some JB Weld on the problem spot once I'm
RW> MH> sure of the location (for the A/C leak).  It depends where the
RW> MH> problem is.

RW>I wouldn't recommend that. I'd find the problem and then buy the parts
RW>required to fix it and do the work when the system is blowing warm again.
RW>Then recharge the system and check to make sure the repair corrected the
RW>problem. Legally you're required to recover any coolant in the system, but
RW>if it's leaking down on it's own, blowing warm, there isn't much left to
RW>recover. Recovering the coolant is done on a machine designed to vaccum
RW>the system to get any moisture that's in the system as well.

I agree. While JB Weld at times can be a magic cure Refigerent is
slipery stuff and leaks just because it can it seems at times.
Part or Seal replacement is the best in the long run.
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