Recent content by rballer

Advice from another forum....while under vacuum, used the negative pressure to fill refrigerant from the manifold to get the compressor to engage. $10 bux spent, back to ice cold air.....in case someone else gets stuck. Its a shame hobbyist cant work on their own systems across the pond...

Yes. Im in the US and yes, we are allowed to work on our own cars, at will.

New to me 2004 Z4 E85 3.0. The air conditioner was blowing tepid when i first got it. I put gages on the system and it showed low. Had the refrigerant pumped down, then went home and pulled a vacuum on the system for a few hours and it has been holding under vacuum for a few days so no leak...