A sniffer works just as well if not better than dye, don't feel wedded to dye

You are lucky the evap is not covered by a mat of doghair.

Knew a sheet rocker whose evap was totally clogged by sheetrock (plaster) dust from his boots. No filter. Think it was a Dodge

Tim is the site owner, and runs AMA, Arizona Mobile Air. He is very good. That procedure is such that we suggest it is OK for a fresh clean dry system that has not been flushed and blown dry. Flushing and blow drying with shop air is a whole different story, Shop air is LOADED with moisture. I have ...

Just for the record, a vac time of 30 min is never enough. Moisture will not boil off until 29.9, and once you hit that number, it takes time to get all the water vapor out. Not sure why people rush this important step. The better the vac the better the system will run, and the longer it will run, d...

Tim, 1) do you have any thermostat switches (with a cap tube) that have a 10° or 20° differential? MY switch now has a 40° diff which is absurd (custom system using VA components and your comp). Determining the diff rating on these things is harder than it should be 2) do you have any 12oz side can ...

Glad it is working but the system is wet.
No where near sufficient vacuum time

Then get a super low vacuum for several hours

Please share your findings

OK, JOhn, here are the numbers from my hot swap schrader tool (had to retrieve it from my nephew) The ID of the adapters and the body is about .265....ie just a tad over .250 I just measured the diameter of a common so-called standard schrader core (designed for a standard 1/4 flare fitting) with di...

Once some of our racer friends learned that Miles and I were not going to service 1234yf cars, they actually sold their daily drivers and got used cars that were still 134a. Have no fear, in a couple of years the EPA will ban 1234yf and come out with another refrigerant....they like to play with the...