Refrigerator repair

[everythingold]

Maybe, I don't usually get over to that side of the state. call me. 616 490 4777

 

[combo52]

You Probably Have a Low Charge [ LEAK ]

The way to diagnose this is to add about 4 Oz of R-12 refrigerant and see if the frost pattern improves, if it does not then you have a restriction, probably a clogged dryer.

When you add refrigerant had some dye, so that you can find the likely leak.

 

[epixstar128]

Ok ok without gauges on the system hardto tell anything. First you need to verify charge. Find the name plate charge buy little cans of refrigerant to equal tgat charge. Find a port (if one exist) let most of tge refrigerant out of the compressor till just a few psi is left. Leave your new refrigerant out in the sun and let it get nice and hot. Add your new charge in one can at a time. If tge refrigerant wont move out of the can put a bag of ice on your coils. I would help u out but doing refrigeration work im working 65 hours a week right now

 

[everythingold]

I have always wondered..

If there is a leak, doesn't all the coolant leak out? Leaks don't usually plug themselves. Are there other ways you get low coolant levels?

 

[philr]

I have seen some refrigerators (I mean old Frigidaire refrigerators!) that leak oil from their compressors electrical connectors when unused or after being transported (in cold weather?) and the leak can stop by itself. It happened to one that I moved in January a few years ago. There was some oil on the floor under the compressor where we initially installed it and then moved it to the basement and it's been leak-free since (that happened 2 years 1/2 ago and it's still working great). 

 

 

[combo52]

I Have Always Wondered

Yes eventually all the refrigerant will leak out, but leaks can easily be as small as a 1/2 oz per year and a Frigidaire ref like this holds almost 20oz of R-12 so it could take 40 years till all the R-12 leaks out AFTER the leak starts.