Hi guys, I'm started to try to fix my family vehicles to save money and I ran into a problem. I thought there was a leak in the hose where it goes to the condenser so I seal that up to troubleshoot shoot. I try to recharge the car and freon leak on a value underneath the compressor as you can see in the picture. Can I seal up that value so it doesn't let freon out ? What are other remedies.

 

The hole in the valve is a safety pressure relief valve, so you somehow overcharged the system.

What symptoms were you having with your a/c system?

Lets take a step back, because I'm not sure what you did. What hose was leaking? A hose from the compressor to the condenser in front of the radiator? Or the hose coming from the firewall?

 

At first I thought it was a hose from compressor to condenser because I could have sworn. I've seal that up and then the value start. Either way, I got a problem. The driver side gets blown hot air when ac is charge. I'm thinking of replacing the compressor because the AC does need a recharge under a few week. Please advise the next step.

 

I'm still not sure what hose you sealed, why you sealed it, and how you sealed it. Can you post a picture?

I suspect that your system was not low on charge, you overcharged the system and popped the emergency pressure relief valve. You may have caused other damage to your system by overcharging. A new emergency relief valve is around $50 from Honda. You can replace that valve, pull a vacuum on the system, charge with the correct amount of R134a. Then you will still have to identify the original problem (plus any other problems caused by the overcharge.).

For future a/c work, you must use a manifold to test the system pressures before ever adding R134a.

Just based on the questions you are asking, you may be better off taking an a/c shop to fix the system.

 

I don't know if this helps but when I push on the gas, it leaks out refrigerant.

 

A picture would help, but I still think and a/c shop will be your best bet to get it repaired.

 

I'm thinking of replacing the compressor and hose, it should solve it , what about a 90 percent chance?

 

Your a/c system has been open to the atmosphere for a while now, so you would want to replace the receiver/drier on the condenser to remove residual water.

You are probably seeing the oil leak out of the compressor, because R134a turns into a gas.

If you are sure that your a/c system has no pressure, remove the hose you think is damaged. Run some rubbing alcohol through one end and drain onto a white paper towel. See if you have any metal shards or grey powder. This would indicate a failure inside the compressor, and you likely have metal through the system. I had this happen to me and had to replace everything in my TSX's system.