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Expert: - 2/20/2011


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Yesterday I had my car air conditioning on and after stopping the car I noticed a green coloured liquid running under the car.It looked like coolant. I had a look underneath and it continued to drip for a couple of hours. On closer inspection, there was liquid dripping from a small box on the left hand side of the car. I have a Ford Futura 1996. The coolant level did drop from full to about 3/4. I drove today without the air con on, and no liquid has leaked ever since. What could this be?

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wherever the liquid is dropping from you have a leak.
The material is a mixture of oil and UV dye
The fact that you can see it should mean it is on the high pressure side somewhere
Have it investigated by an experienced a/c specialist and replace the component

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Any question related to the function or malfunction of vehicle air conditioning excluding model specific problems with the heater controls. We are a UK based company and are unlikely to be familiar with the exact make and model of American vehicles. We will always at least try to guide the owner towards what the problem is likely to be in this instance We may struggle with none specific electrical issues related to the a/c without seeing it but it is likely we could narrow the problem down

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Director www.chillywillys.org specialising predominantly in UK vehicles, fleet, rare and collectables. Although all a/c works on the same principal US vehicles have different controls and electrics. 12 years experience automotive and aircraft air conditioning. This is our sole source of revenue, we see lots of a/c issues that we are able to diagnose accurately mainly down to experience. UK have garages caught on to a potential revenue stream within the last few years but sometimes struggle with the problems as they don't see the issues that often........to be fair they could get their own back and ask me to change a timing belt ! Certain vehicles have known issues, we can help with that and also anything that is obvious to us but not necessarily to the bamboozled owner....... a/c is relatively new here and owners are catching on to maintenance but are sometimes still misguided by inexperienced individuals a bit timid to say' I don't really know

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