How Much For Regass On Aircon?

[MrT]

I have had mine gassed again by the works transport department and I have lost a lot of gas and dye. They emptied it, vacuumed it weighed it and refilled it, put it on a overnight pressure test and not a drop was lost. They even left it running. They went through everything, under the car removed part of the dash, no sign of any dye leaks* and in the end they gave up saying they could not find the leak and advised me to go to an air-con specialist. They only charged me half an hours labour which is cheaper than a regas and I suppose is fair as now I have a system that is working for the moment.

 

I don't know whether to go to a specialist and spend a lot of money or just keep it topped up with cans from Halfords.

 

(*The only sign of dye was the filler of the low pressure pipe.)

[raymac]

From what i have read on here about frauds and aircon/cc i would be inclined to find a speacilist in car aircon and let them service and regas as they could probally do it blindfolded where as it sounds that how most fraud dealers do it anyway :rolleyes:

[NikpV]

blindfolded where as it sounds that how most fraud dealers do it anyway

 

like it :rolleyes: :unsure: ;)

[Ogben Schmutzel]

(*The only sign of dye was the filler of the low pressure pipe.)

That was the case for me too, but the dye was down the pipe a little from the fill point. Didn't take too much notice at the time but it turned out that it was in fact at a small hairline crack and was the source of the leak!

 

Replacement pipe

[Guest BagPuss]

Thanks for reply's is this the sort of thing from halfords i would want to regass it http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/...electorGroupId=

Just going back to this?

 

Looked up the manufacturer and found this.

 

How to Recharge your A/C

 

Might try this as my local Fraud garage quoted me

[Ogben Schmutzel]

Nice link!

[Guest BagPuss]

And another good link with all the usual Q's you find yourself asking.

 

Air Conditioning Symptons

 

Air Conditioning for Cars - Homepage

 

and one more

 

AC4cars.

Towards the bottom of this link, you'll find some place where you can get ya air con serviced / re-gased etc.

 

and a couple of maybe useful ones on good ole eBay

 

eBay Service - Mobile Unit that will travel within 20 miles of Greater Manchester =

[MrT]

 

30 minutes to vac down must mean it's a pretty crummy pump, the guy I use (tractor dealer) can vac the gas out in under 10 minutes, it gets filtered, weighed, topped up (if reqd) and then put back in. The dye should only be added if tehre's a leak, some systems specify that the UV dye must not be used.

 

Regards - JB

 

The machines also carry out a pressure and leak test and I would prefer my leak and pressure test to last longer than 10 minutes.

[johnb80]

At the end of the day so long as YOU'RE happy with the work thats done thats all that matters. Wifeys Scorpio is now well advanced in years and I for one would NOT be happy to pay

[Ogben Schmutzel]

And another good link with all the usual Q's you find yourself asking.

 

 

Umm .... is it me or do the top three all end up at the same article?

 

Regards.

Oggy.

[johnkg]

Just cost me

[raymac]

I have booked mine in on saturday for regas and service with all the other things that need doing all for the princely sum of

[Guest 3.5bullet]

Just cost me

[Guest 3.5bullet]

http://mc.multimap.com/amtc/mi39/3/887/610.gif?client=yell25000&v=2

where it says A5 to the left of the map is where the garage is, this is the best i do as i cant find the name of the garage :wacko: and wont be over that way again for a while

[johnkg]

:wacko: and wont be over that way again for a while

 

cheers for trying :( I think I know the place you mean. I may call in on the off chance.

 

 

Got home tonight and checked the car and it looks as though the aircon is still working!! The missus was either telling porkies or I have a sneaking suspiscion that the V belt( is that its name?) is loose though I'm probably wrong. The car needs to go in for a service in the next week or two anyway.

[sanjsanj]

:wacko: and wont be over that way again for a while

 

cheers for trying :( I think I know the place you mean. I may call in on the off chance.

 

 

Got home tonight and checked the car and it looks as though the aircon is still working!! The missus was either telling porkies or I have a sneaking suspiscion that the V belt( is that its name?) is loose though I'm probably wrong. The car needs to go in for a service in the next week or two anyway.

 

heres a good place: its in bedford though, about 20 mins from dustable i guess

Kempston Radiators

Offer: Full air-con health check for just

[Guest seated]

I have had mine gassed again by the works transport department and I have lost a lot of gas and dye. They emptied it, vacuumed it weighed it and refilled it, put it on a overnight pressure test and not a drop was lost. They even left it running. They went through everything, under the car removed part of the dash, no sign of any dye leaks* and in the end they gave up saying they could not find the leak and advised me to go to an air-con specialist. They only charged me half an hours labour which is cheaper than a regas and I suppose is fair as now I have a system that is working for the moment.

 

I don't know whether to go to a specialist and spend a lot of money or just keep it topped up with cans from Halfords.

 

(*The only sign of dye was the filler of the low pressure pipe.)

 

Where does one find the low side point to connect the Halfords refill to?

[Masked Marauder]

 

 

Where does one find the low side point to connect the Halfords refill to?

 

MK1 is under the right hand (driver's side) indicator, MK2 is a pipe with a plastic cap that sticks up just inside the bonnet by the slam bar, again, on the right hand side.