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I was vacumming the coils under my whilpool side by side when I believe I heard a faint whistle along with a odorless thin white smoke that stayed low to the ground. The compressor is hot to the touch, yet the freezer is holding at 0. The center dividing wall where both doors meet and seal side by side is hot to the touch. All tubing is hat or warm as well. The back is cold though and the air flow is cold. Did I puncture the coil and have a R134 leak? Should I shut down the unit?
WOW! Did I ever luck out! I shut the unit down and inspected the coil, looking for any sign of leak and found nothing. I finished up the cleaning and started it back up. Apparently the sound I heard was something in the Shop-Vac hose and the smoke simply dust kicking out from the fan in the back. Thanks for all your help!!!WOW! Did I ever luck out! I shut the unit down and inspected the coil, looking for any sign of leak and found nothing. I finished up the cleaning and started it back up. Apparently the sound I heard was something in the Shop-Vac hose and the smoke simply dust kicking out from the fan in the back. Thanks for all your help!!!
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Re: I was vacumming the coils under my whilpool side by...
Yes it sound like you did puncture the refrigerant line to your unit, if you have a sorae refrigerator I would proceide in relocating the stuff and call a service company out to repair the leak.
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Are you losing coolant? The white smoke may be coolant in the combustion cylinder, possibly caused by a head gasket problem. If head gasket problem, fix that first.
With idle issues, clean/check anything that has to do with idle air system. Any applicable trouble codes?
Hi, If the pin on the compressor is melted/broke off, the compressor is bad. If the unit is under five years old, check with whilpool and see if it still has a warrenty.
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It means that the pre heat is in operation.It is a system that burns diesel to create heat to warm up engine quicker so that warm air comes into car sooner.The smoke is the exhaust gasses from the system and normally the whistleing and smoke stops when engine reaches running temperature or on short journeys approx 1 minute after engine is turned off
During summer when no heat is required and air con is on cooling it should not light even when starting from cold
Ok quick fix........ This is a common GM problem. The heater will stop operating when the plastic vacume line is broken under the hood. It is an 1/8 inch black plastic vacume line running fron the intake manifold to a vacume check valve under the hood to the heater/AC assy located to the passenger side. You may also want to check the fuses under the dash to the blower motor. If the fuse is good take a Digital multi meter and check for voltage at the motor. If there is no voltage check the reistat in the blower hosing. It is a small rectangle plastic piece on the blower housing with two small screws. Check for voltage at the input and output side. If there is voltage check for resistance at the motor by unpluging the blower motor and probing the terminals to the motor. Tap the motor and see what type of fluctuation you get. Lastly if all that checks out and you have no voltage to the motor or reistat check the switch input and all three fan speed outputs. It could be a simple switch issue. Good luck and let me know if you need further guidence.
Magic smoke GONE! Seriously, the main power supply has failed, and requires service. You are probably well past the warranty period, but check with the TV's service center - that information should be in the documents that came with the TV.
WOW! Did I ever luck out! I shut the unit down and inspected the coil, looking for any sign of leak and found nothing. I finished up the cleaning and started it back up. Apparently the sound I heard was something in the Shop-Vac hose and the smoke simply dust kicking out from the fan in the back. Thanks for all your help!!!
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