Vapochill leak? Help

[Oj0]

So yesterday morning I moved by Vapochill for some benching action and I heard a loud hissing noise. It stopped after a minute or so and I plugged the unit in to see what the damage was. The evaporator stayed at room temerature and I heard floodback (?) for about 5 minutes after powering down. I ripped the insulation off and powered on again to try to listen for the leak:

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It's icy cold right up to the last 1cm of ice, the next 1cm isn't cold at all. I smeared liquid handsoap over it once it had dried out and started up again but I can't find any leaks. Where is the most likely place to look?

[Karmakazi]

probably get an answer quicker if you asked in XS phase section :shrug:

[chispy]

Same thing happenned to my Vapochill LS and it was a little tiny leak in the Suction line , the flexible braided stainless steel , it was so small i could not find it :( , i kept using my SS until it died :/ , i got a friend trying to fix it but darn expensive , so i order a custom made SS from SDumper and keeping the dead Vapo for spare parts. My suggestion , take it to an A/C repair shop and get the leak fix asap before it breaks and dies like mine did. Good Luck.

Angelo.

[Oj0]

Will do :D Thanks man.

[pauld5999]

Same thing happenned to my Vapochill LS and it was a little tiny leak in the Suction line , the flexible braided stainless steel , it was so small i could not find it :( , i kept using my SS until it died :/ , i got a friend trying to fix it but darn expensive , so i order a custom made SS from SDumper and keeping the dead Vapo for spare parts. My suggestion , take it to an A/C repair shop and get the leak fix asap before it breaks and dies like mine did. Good Luck.

Angelo.

samething here, got a tiny leak in the suction line of a Mach II I got, ended up just getting a new SS from Sdumper and I love it.

[Oj0]

Do you guys know what it'll cost to ship to South Africa though?...

[pauld5999]

maybe there is better options but to ship 50lbs via usps international priority to s.africa looks to be in the $260+ range....yikes...

[Oj0]

Which is already twice what I paid for my Vapochill, and half of what I paid for my chilly1 modded Prometeia Mach 2 GT with three extra evaporators, a bigger condensor and a Lian Li case. I just can't justify spending that much on S&H alone.

[s e t h]

oh nos :/

[Oj0]

oh yays, free repair while I'm up in Pretoria :D

[MaadDaawg]

Got my phase from SDumper too... love it!! Now if I could only afford a cascade lol