07 Oct 11 07:33, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:   
      
      
    RW>> MH> I was considering using some JB Weld on the problem spot once   
    RW>> 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   
    RW>> parts required to fix it and do the work when the system is blowing   
    RW>> warm again. Then recharge the system and check to make sure the   
    RW>> repair corrected the problem. Legally you're required to recover any   
    RW>> coolant in the system, but if it's leaking down on it's own, blowing   
    RW>> warm, there isn't much left to recover. Recovering the coolant is   
    RW>> done on a machine designed to vaccum the system to get any moisture   
    RW>> that's in the system as well.   
      
    TW> I agree. While JB Weld at times can be a magic cure Refigerent is   
    TW> slipery stuff and leaks just because it can it seems at times.   
    TW> Part or Seal replacement is the best in the long run.   
      
   I've seen a lot of JB repairs in my time and I've found that it eventually   
   was an impairment to actually fixing the problem. AKA a 'butcher job'...   
      
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