My ac expansion valve was leaking neon green fluid, and n...

Hi, I'm Chad. Welcome to JustAnswer. I'm reviewing your question and I will be posting your reply ASAP. Thank you for your reply and that information as this does help me better understand the situation. I’m sorry to hear you are having this problem. I know this can be frustrating. Please give me one moment to type out some info for you. I’ll be right back! A live optional phone call will be automatically offered by JustAnswer, you can accept or if you decide to decline we can continue with text until you feel the live call would be better suited to you. I will try to help you on this here Now the sweet smell can come from the freon and the color dye in it but the leaking will not be related to not starting on you , the expansion valve leaking will effect ac performance what year and model Ford is it? what is the [mileage](/topics-mileage-ford/) on it now? whne you say it does not start, the [engine](/topics-engine-ford/) cranks over and will not start or no crank ? **Please Let Me Know** **Thank You** **Chad Farhat** **ASE Certified Technician**

Its a dodge caravan 2006It’s at just over 200,000 miles and it doesn’t crank at all when it doesn’t start

Is the security light flahses or steady on when it does nto start ? these had secuity system issues where it prevemts power to the [starter](/topics-starter-ford/) ? do all your power locks works, or do they not lock or unlock at times ? at 200k miles, is it the orignal starter on it ?

The power locks on the 2 back doors don’t work, but the two front doors workI’m wondering whether the 2 are correlated at all because immediately after the expansion valve was leaking, now the car is having problems starting

unless it leaked on a wire connector and created a short maybe possible but as far as the expansion valve that is an AC related component and will cause a no start these vans had security module,PCM , ignition switch issues when you have a No start Condition and can be intermittent

Ok thank you

Check power to the starter if the security is not engaged, check the PCM connectors pins any backed out or making a poor connection , now best if security issue it scans it using a ford scanner or equivalent and you can get fault code to know if security-related or PCM loss of communication you are welcome Please Read Below How to Get Back in touch with Me You Can Always Come Back to this Conversation and Ask Me any Follow up Question you May have on this Issue (You can Copy this Link Page & Paste it in your Browser when Ready and it will Open up our Conversation Again) or there should be a Tab on your Screen to Add me As Your Favorite Expert I'm Online Daily from 7 Am Till Late Eastern Time Zone Thank You?Chad Farhat?ASE Certified Technician