Well...it's been a while again. I did play with the UV flashlight and found out what was the problem. I first injected a UV dye that I bought from O'Reilly. It came in a can and needed no hoses or guns to inject the dye. The can had a fitting for the low pressure side of the A/C. All I had to do was insert the fitting in the can into the low pressure A/C port and press it in and hold it for about 3 seconds and the dye will get injected into the system.
First time I tried that I messed it up a little and the dye sprayed all over the place (But it was so cool to look at when I shined the UV flashlight!). So I waited for a few days and looked all over the place but the dye never showed up, was a little disappointed by that. A few days later, thought I'll look under the car to see if there's any leak in the underside of the condenser or compressor. So I pulled the car up on a ramp and went under to take a good look...and voila...there it was...bright green dye all around the underside of the compressor!
Seems like the compressor seal is leaking. I am wondering if I can change the seal, but it involves a lot of work starting from removing the compressor...or should I just get a new compressor...Haven't made uo my mind yet...but for now it's cool weather so I am not going to bother about it now. Plus I have so many other things going on right now to mess with the compressor. Kind of disappointed by the compressor since I got it changed it about 3 years ago. Well...I am not going to worry about it for now.
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