Best price for air conditioning re-gas?

[Viral_Jim]

I've seen a few folk on here bemoaning the demise of their A/C, the Swede is still cool but was struggling to keep up with ambient temps over 25 degrees so I think a re-gas might help it along.

The best price I've found so far is my local Formula one autocentre at £40 (this includes a £5 discount voucher code). Just wondered if anyone has bettered this recently? 

[tunnie]

Your posted reminded me to get 3.2 checked....

local indie Vauxhall specialist, £49 for a simple re-gas and £79 for a diagnostic, but with no gas!

Vauxhall dealer, £69 for gas and a check.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Air con is good in my car. Cooled seats are pathetic.

[Varche]

Air con is good in my car. Cooled seats are pathetic.

Cooled seats. How do they work? Is there a duct from the air con? 

[Viral_Jim]

The systems I've seen vary, from aircon ducting (as you say) to fans under the seat squab that just suck up ambient air from the rear footwells.

In all cases there are then channels through the seat up to perforated leather, and your bum. Opinions on how well they work vary enormously, for example, despite both TB and M'Lud running Jaaaaags of similar vintage, their experiences are poles apart.

I've only experienced them in a new Renault Velsatis (not sure we get the model that has them in the UK) and tbh I couldn't work out if the buttons were even connected to anything or whether they just operated an LED on the dash. That said, being a Renault, they were probably broken... 

Back on topic, at least it seems I'm not paying over the odds, which is all I'm bothered about and come to think of it, Formula one did a decent job on the mig's a/c 2yrs ago.

[Doctor Gollum]

Air con is good in my car. Cooled seats are pathetic.

Air con is good in my car. Cooled seats are pathetic.

Cooled seats. How do they work? Is there a duct from the air con? 

Here do...

http://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xf-xfr-x250-44/questioning-ventilated-seats-73509/

[STEMO]

I've seen a few folk on here bemoaning the demise of their A/C, the Swede is still cool but was struggling to keep up with ambient temps over 25 degrees so I think a re-gas might help it along.

The best price I've found so far is my local Formula one autocentre at £40 (this includes a £5 discount voucher code). Just wondered if anyone has bettered this recently? 

Best price=cheapest price for a thorough job. You've found the cheapest price, not necessarily the best.

[Viral_Jim]

I've seen a few folk on here bemoaning the demise of their A/C, the Swede is still cool but was struggling to keep up with ambient temps over 25 degrees so I think a re-gas might help it along.

The best price I've found so far is my local Formula one autocentre at £40 (this includes a £5 discount voucher code). Just wondered if anyone has bettered this recently? 

Best price=cheapest price for a thorough job. You've found the cheapest price, not necessarily the best.

Very true, although having seen a few places where this has been done, the process always seemed to be the same. Attach 2 hoses, push button to start the machine cycle, wait, decouple the machine, present bill.

The machine drains your car's system, pressurises it to look for leaks over a given time interval and if its ok, refills it for you with the required mix of refrigerant, lubricant etc. So long as the machine is working correctly, there's limited scope for beggering it up afaik. There are very few jobs I would let a brand named shed do on any car I own. This is one of them. That said, I still wouldn't use a halfords autocentre 

[annihilator]

cheapest here  it's not rocket science


http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/car-air-con-recharge-28-95-ats-euromaster-groupon-up-43-off-2721076

[Viral_Jim]

cheapest here  it's not rocket science


http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/car-air-con-recharge-28-95-ats-euromaster-groupon-up-43-off-2721076

Cheers  . I really should use these discount sites more.

[STEMO]

ATS Euromaster are just like kwikshit, only smaller. 

[annihilator]

please yourself

[henryd]

I've seen a few folk on here bemoaning the demise of their A/C, the Swede is still cool but was struggling to keep up with ambient temps over 25 degrees so I think a re-gas might help it along.

The best price I've found so far is my local Formula one autocentre at £40 (this includes a £5 discount voucher code). Just wondered if anyone has bettered this recently? 

Best price=cheapest price for a thorough job. You've found the cheapest price, not necessarily the best.

Very true, although having seen a few places where this has been done, the process always seemed to be the same. Attach 2 hoses, push button to start the machine cycle, wait, decouple the machine, present bill.

The machine drains your car's system, pressurises it to look for leaks over a given time interval and if its ok, refills it for you with the required mix of refrigerant, lubricant etc. So long as the machine is working correctly, there's limited scope for beggering it up afaik. There are very few jobs I would let a brand named shed do on any car I own. This is one of them. That said, I still wouldn't use a halfords autocentre 

Other way round actually,machine sucks out the gas then holds vac for a given time before refill

[Viral_Jim]

Interesting, I didn't realise that, although now you say it, it is the obvious way around, other wise the machine would have to let the pressure out, add the cooling stuff (technical term!) and then pressurise again.

[STEMO]

Interesting, I didn't realise that, although now you say it, it is the obvious way around, other wise the machine would have to let the pressure out, add the cooling stuff (technical term!) and then pressurise again.

Stick to actuaryism...or whatever it is you do