Well, I yanked the system apart tonight. The accumulator looks clean, but the orifice tube looks to be f'd. I've never seen one like this.
Pardon the blurry pic, but there looks to be some type of plastic junk melted all around the outside, kinda granular. I can't peel it off and can barely blow air through it. I pulled the accumulator and don't see anything in there other than the dye I put in the system.
I have a new orifice tube and accumulator waiting to go in. My question now is, do I bother replacing the compressor too or do I just replace the accumulator, tube and flush out the lines as best as I can then button it back up, draw a vac and refill and see what I get??? I REALLY don't want to do all this just to have the compressor be shot as well. Not a fan of getting to the orifice tube if the existing compressor is going to clog up the new tube again. I think the bean counter that came up with this location should be forced to replace them for the rest of their lives... for free
