If you see oil "oozing from the copper lines (fittings) you can verify if refrigerant is leaking out of the lines using a solution of dish soap and water, spray or wipe the solution on the suspected leak, and if it is leaking it will bubble. if it is indeed leaking the smell of refrigerant could be described as "exhaust" usually the smell is described as "chemical" by clients that I have served in the past. I have never heard of refrigerant causing headaches, as refrigerant is considered as non-toxic. It will dispalce oxygen in large enough concentrations, but it would take considerably more than a standard system holds to displace enough oxygen to cause issues, unless it was all released at the same time. hope this helps
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OK, all I can say is that you just received a HUGE thumbs up from me! I did exactly as you have suggested with the dish soap and water. It amazed me that there were all kinds of tiny white bubbles all around where the copper tubing connects within mere seconds. Personally, I think I have a constant headache due to the fact that three different people told me that the exhaust smell is all in my head...literally. Since the sense of smell and taste are directly related, that may explain the bitter taste in my mouth when I smell this odor. I'm certainly glad to know that this is a non toxic agent. It's still quite annoying though, and I have been at wits end over this situation since a week ago Friday. I will be demanding that this leak be fixed tommorrow morning. Ten days of this aggravation is quite enough.
You rock.
I'm experiencing the same situation. how did this work out for you?
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