Hi Klaus,

The car is in for a 3rd time now and they said that they checked everywhere for leaks. They said they found quite a bit of refrigerant inside the car and so are assuming it to be the evaporator. They are assuming that when they charged the system with refrigerant the first time they replaced the accumulator, the evaporator was affected by the pressure. Is this true or possible?

As noted on my original post, I was told about 4 years ago, that the evaporator had a slow leak and since then, I had been putting refrigerant (1 or 2 cans a year) and the A/C always worked. Is it possible that the evaporator could have given up when they charged the system with refrigerant? If it were true, I regret having the rotted accumulator replaced since the A/C worked prior to the 'repair'.

One of the owners of the shop asked if I could come down so he could try to explain things. I haven't heard anything bad about the indie shop, only good things from different people. I am going down there now and see what he has to say.
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Brian M. - 1998 S70GLT, 1998 S70 GTA