Omega Owners Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Please check the Forum Guidelines at the top of the Newbie section

Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Diagnosing an Air Con Leak  (Read 801 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Shimmy

  • Intermediate Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • St Albans
  • Posts: 447
    • Omega 3.2 Elite
    • View Profile
Diagnosing an Air Con Leak
« on: 16 May 2011, 17:16:54 »
I have no refrigerant in the car and have a leak atm.  What are people's experience of most likely bits to fail and need repair/replacement?  Approximate costs for these bits would be helpful too!

Is it possible to diagnose the leak myself, if so how?  A dye and a UV light?

I'm more than happy to take it to my local indy to sort it out, but that won't happen for a couple of weeks, plus it'd be nice if I had a source for parts readily lined up.

Cheers.

P.S. Thanks RobG for the radiator recommendation.
Logged
Budget tyres, false economy.

Stallion

  • Omega Knight
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Romford
  • Posts: 1762
  • "If you can't CONVINCE them, CONFUSE them"!!
    • 3.2 Irmscher Elite
    • View Profile
Re: Diagnosing an Air Con Leak
« Reply #1 on: 16 May 2011, 18:44:45 »
Air con leak is quite tricky and hard to point a finger at. It can be the hose,compressor,condenser,and a culprit that mostly gets away with it the high pressure valve!  :(

i think it would be best to get a good air con specialist check it for leak, that way you know whats damaged/leaking and what your looking for?

Just a thought can you see the compressor turning on when you switch on the fan AND is the eco switched off  :y :y
« Last Edit: 16 May 2011, 18:45:27 by Stallion »
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Page created in 0.023 seconds with 17 queries.