What have I done?
#1
What have I done?
Ok went to disconnect battery terminal, placed socket wrench on nut, sparks flew, hit the pipe circled below, burned a small hole in it, liquid and gas started spurting out.... so
What does this pipe do and is the car able to be driven? It was leaking out air/gas after the liquid stopped spurting out. As I won't get to take it to the garage until tomorrow I assume overnight whatever air/gas is left will be leaked out completely.
What does this pipe do and is the car able to be driven? It was leaking out air/gas after the liquid stopped spurting out. As I won't get to take it to the garage until tomorrow I assume overnight whatever air/gas is left will be leaked out completely.
#2
i think thats the AC dryer, so you lost your AC coolant. car should drive ok, but youll need to replace the part, and refill your AC at the very least.
EDIT: More accurately, refrigerant.
EDIT: More accurately, refrigerant.
Last edited by IslandS62; 06-09-2014 at 01:28 PM.
#6
sparked when using a socket wrench similar to this (mine had a rubber handle - would that be the cause of the spark?)
As it didn't spark last time when I used this to remove the + terminal
Last edited by no1joey; 06-09-2014 at 07:01 AM.
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#8
be careful if you drive the car. I don't know about Porsche, but some car use the AC cooling capacity to cool the AC compressor or another AC part.
without coolant, if AC is turned ON. a AC part might overheat and fail.
so make sure you drive with AC off.
without coolant, if AC is turned ON. a AC part might overheat and fail.
so make sure you drive with AC off.
#9
Good point. You lost AC refrigerant, but you also lost the lubricant your AC compressor needs to keep from ruining itself when it pumps. AC off until you get it fixed.
#12
Correct - it does and will. You can try to run it all you want but you'll only get hot air as compressor relay won't allow it to kick on (if refrigerant level is below min). I was suddenly reminded of one of my first cars (w/o air) when I lost a condenser on a lovely 90F and humid 1600 mile road trip a few years back.