Question:

I ive in a appartment and over the winter the maintance men put in a new central heat and air system…. a few weeks ago when i turned the air on the apartment filled with a haze that smelled like achemical. they later came out and said the A/C wasn’t hooked up and that they had fixed the problem. Now the air works but tis not cool, and I was wondering if all of the coolant could have leaked out ??? Thanks to anyone who can help!

Reply:

That is a most likely scenario, if the freon leaked at a fast rate it pushed some system oil out with it causing a haze not dissimilar to what you described.
Since the machine does not cool now then it is highly likely that it has dropped it’s gas charge.
Call the maintenance men and tell them your story, they should find the leak repair it and re charge the system.

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