Help!! help!!!
Racer
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Been there, brother. These things happen. You'll probably have to take the car to an a/c shop and have tje system.purged and refilled. Don't worry about it...you learn by doing. Congrats on learning something new!
On my former DD Acura TSX I replaced the starter which necessitated removing the intake manifold. My money saving DIY job cost me a radiator, a battery, and an alternator. I broke the tank on the rad because I got impatient pulling the hose and replaced the battery and alternator thinking they had gone bad when, in reality, I had forgetten to reconnect a plug (which, to be fair, had to be done by feel because it was out of sight) and the system wasn't charging.
So yeah...that was MY teachable moment.
On my former DD Acura TSX I replaced the starter which necessitated removing the intake manifold. My money saving DIY job cost me a radiator, a battery, and an alternator. I broke the tank on the rad because I got impatient pulling the hose and replaced the battery and alternator thinking they had gone bad when, in reality, I had forgetten to reconnect a plug (which, to be fair, had to be done by feel because it was out of sight) and the system wasn't charging.
So yeah...that was MY teachable moment.
Last edited by 70RT440; Mar 24, 2019 at 09:22 PM.
Burning Brakes
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on the plus side OP, looks like your AC may have been serviced in the past because it's got PAG oil with leak detector in it
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Without the cheap shots, I'm man enough to re check the line below the radiator petcock knowing this is where the Trans cooling line is located.. but its a direct connection to the radiator. this is indeed a condenser line, I apologize to the op.. A quick look was a poor choice. fitting C on this LS radiator was my initial concern.. the green fluid could have been antifreeze and an air block, but there was no mention of any water. Its a ac line.
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I put it everything back the new radiator, now the car is over heating like crazy I think I’m going to take it in to the shop tomorrow... hopefully I did not **** something up.. 🤦🏻*♂️😢
Burning Brakes
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Yikes, I hate when something like that happens. I hope you didn’t hang out under the car long after you popped that line to breath in all the 134a refrigerant that came out! 
Draining the A/C system of refrigerant would not cause overheating. Something else isn’t quite right. My guess is you have air trapped somewhere in the cooling system.
Best of of luck with the repair
Draining the A/C system of refrigerant would not cause overheating. Something else isn’t quite right. My guess is you have air trapped somewhere in the cooling system.
Best of of luck with the repair
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Racer
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https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...nt-system.html
You probably have air in your cooling system. Follow the rrefilling and purging instructions in the link I posted.
You probably have air in your cooling system. Follow the rrefilling and purging instructions in the link I posted.
Last edited by 70RT440; Mar 25, 2019 at 06:12 AM.
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You probably have air in your cooling system. Follow the rrefilling and purging instructions in the link I posted.
You probably have air in your cooling system. Follow the rrefilling and purging instructions in the link I posted.
