Has anyone had any dealings with Steve at KARMAKANIX
in Berkeley, Ca.????

I am thinking about having him do my rebuild and wanted to
get a reference. He is on the Vanagon.com page so i took that
as  a big plus. Any info will do.

thanks again,
JM

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Lilley [mailto:Wolfvan88@AOL.COM]
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 11:26 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: AC WARNING! Do not loose your cool...

When I came to my van I saw a large stain on the concrete under my head on
the left side.  I thought that the oil cooler hose had leaked (The Brazilian
hose was slightly undersized for the stock clamp and started to leaked a
little) But it was tight- no leaks.  I looked around the head and no leaks.
Upon further investigating, I discovered oil leaking from the ac compressor-
oh no a new compressor :<( . But as I was checking for the source of the
leak I discovered that the line coming from the body had worked itself loose
and the oil leaked from the joint..

The hose can work itself loose causing all the oil and refrigerant to be
lost. Check the nut for tightness

I had a warning sign, but misdiagnosed it.  I had just replaced the valve
cover after adjusting the valves and thought it was simply leaking and
spraying oil out.
I also noticed that the AC was not as cool as normal- thought, "It needs
time to cool down."

So check to see if your line is tight. Before you loose your cool...

I had been reading about the retrofitting my AC...

Robert

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