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I just pickedup a kenmore upright 5 cu foot freezer from a friend and while transporting it a small copper tube (?) broke off the bottom of the unit and coolant all came out. Dont have the money to replace unit. Can I sotter the tube back on and re fill the coolant? Does anyone know how to fix at home?? Thanks
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Two things, was the compressor running with busted tubing and which line was busted, the 5/16 line or the thin 1/4 inch line under the fridg.
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It wasnt even plugged in...I was moving it! The copper tube was a tiny little 4 inch long tube that was crimped and inch from the end and sottered closed and attached to a nub on the other side that rn to the compressor. Think it was the fill line?????
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You will need to fix the leak, put a service valve on the 5/16 tubing and suck the system down with a vacumm pump, then re-charge with R148A refrigerant. Usually this will work, unless a lot of compressor oil spilled out, but skipping the vacumm is not a good idea.
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