Uh...Whoooopsie.

[99CougTRX]

Well, today I drained my coolant system. I had intentions of flushing the system with clean water and some prestone flush stuff BUT I ran into a problem. Couldn't find the drain plug under the car, I knew it was on the passenger side and that was it...well, I seen 2 of my coolant lines and was like "well, theres my plug, right there beside the coolant line and it was on the far right passenger side on the radiator (on the front, with the REAL plug on the back *not knowing that at the time .) Well, it was a metal nut from what I seen and went on to unscrew it expecting nasty coolant to come out...WRONG, some yellow fluid came out and it was HIGHLY pressurized, it hissed at me for like 5 minutes....I think it was something with the air conditioning system, well my uncle came over after he heard me sayin' some bad words and was like what did you do? I showed him and he said that it was "air conditoner oil" so i was like "refrigerant/freeon?" his response was "yeah, just with some oil in it" ANyhow i know theres someone on here to tell me exactly what i done and how i need to fix it hopefully. The fluid that came out was yellow and the nut actually held a metal line to the radiator/ ac/ thing. Anyhow, heres the picture...is the one in the front the ac condenser or is it the one in the back? im pretty sure its the one in the back but you tell me, ive done enough damage for one day. i have a picture with the yellow fluid on the radiator support.

[99CougTRX]

Help!

[kustomcougar]

the one in the front is the a/c condensor, the radiator is behind it

[99CougTRX]

Originally Posted by kustomcougar

the one in the front is the a/c condensor, the radiator is behind it

So, that yellow stuff was what? Just refrigerent or what? I really have no clue. All that I know is that it wasn't coolant. What do I need to do?

[kustomcougar]

it was mustard......lol, it looks like refridgerant when it hits the atmosphere, so you disconnected the a/c line, not a big deal as long as a lot don't come out. did it have a funky weird smell to it?

[skater]

You need to seal it back up and get the system evacuated and refilled.

[99CougTRX]

Originally Posted by skater

You need to seal it back up and get the system evacuated and refilled.

WTH. Evacuated? There are no ppl in there....lol...SO, I'm assuming that it was freeon right? I still don't know...it was a metal line on my ac/condenser...WHOOPSIE...what do I need to do? After it hissing at me and the liquid turning yellow as pictured, do I just need to get some more freeon/refridgerent and fill it at the top of the engine bay...I can't believe I thought that was the radiator drain plug, needless to say, I have fresh coolant.

[Teebs]

How long did you let the refridgerant leak out for? That will justify whether you need to add more.

[99CougTRX]

Originally Posted by Teebs

How long did you let the refridgerant leak out for? That will justify whether you need to add more.

until it stopped...

[skater]

The A/C system needs to be vacuumed out (which is what I meant by "evacuated") before they can refill it with R-134a. Otherwise you'll have air in there and that's not going to work.