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Boatboy

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Loose pipe connection on a/c
« on: 15 April 2010, 20:59:51 »
Just before it disappears under the scuttle the steel pipe goes into a fitting of some sort. The pipe can twist in that fitting and I wonder if that is right before I go and get the gas filled following my new (new to me) condenser installation.

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Re: Loose pipe connection on a/c
« Reply #1 on: 15 April 2010, 21:57:36 »
mine was the same untill I had the system regassed, the pressure will tighten the joint,obviously if it leaks you will have to replace the seals
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Re: Loose pipe connection on a/c
« Reply #2 on: 16 April 2010, 12:34:40 »
Its a quick release coupling (but only if you have the special tool) which uses O rings to provide the seal. It should be free to rotate.
If there is any slackness in-line with the pipe it suggests the joint has been dismantled at some time and not re-assembled correctly.
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Re: Loose pipe connection on a/c
« Reply #3 on: 16 April 2010, 12:55:07 »
Cheers for that , it's rotating movement not in and out, so guess it should be Ok and the recharge might lock it all in place.

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