Q: Air conditioner blowing out hot air despite refrigerant

asked by on March 01, 2016

The air conditioner continues to blow out hot air. We put refrigerant in it and the air got cooler for a little bit. As we were putting the refrigerant in, we noticed that it looked like some of the refrigerant was coming out of the bottom of the car.

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