"Muffy Links" wrote in message
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"Muffy Links" wrote in message
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Had a new lennox high eff ac installed 6 years ago. Had it serviced this
year to clean the A coil. Week later the unit is out of freon. Called
themback and said it was most likely the A coil leaking although he could
not find the leak. Finally got a hold of the orig installer (diff co)
and he came over and pump it up at n/c 9 pounds of freon and a day and
half later the compressor shuts off due to low pressure (out of freon
again). Both techs cannot find the leak.

Leaking that fast should'nt it be easy to find the leak? Far fetched ?,
but could it leak on the pipe run from the compressor to the a coil
somewhere due to a crazy vibration that wore a hole in the line?

2nd tech says he soaped the a coil and used his leak detector and could
not find it leaking on the a coil.

What should I ask the tech to do to find the leak? Whats the proper
procedure?

thanks.

Mango

As a followup, I went down stairs and traced the line coming out of the
furnace back to the compressor and I notice some oily residue about two
feet in under a finished room. I also noticed that the clip holding the
line to the floor joists rusty. Would a leak of that size leave an oily
residue?

yes

thanks for everyone's help btw.
Muffy