2005 Cavalier was used 4 or 5 times in last 3 months and now AC blows cool but not cold air conditioner

Question

The air used to be icey cold now if I run fan it feels like 5 degrees warmer than outside temp, if I turn AC on it blows so waht cool air but def not ICEY. It feels 5 degrees cooler than outside. I do feel the engine kick when I push AC button and it does make noise under hood,it is noisey but I never really noticed before with hood down.

I sprayed condenser to clean out any desbris.

Answer 1

It probably has a freon leak somewhere in the A/C system.  The best way to find out is to add dye to the system, then check it with a blacklight.  Especially if it had cold air, but now it doesn't..  A sudden loss like that leads me to believe that the freon escaped quickly. Its the only viable option if the compressor is still operative.

Goodluck!