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[Kevin Wood]

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re charge 9.99 ......

Mmm? Is that not just for a can of R134a refrigerant?

Yep. It'll be just to chuck a can in, almost certainly. Not worth bothering with, and of duboius legality - charging a system without first leak-checking it. The cans have all manner of "leak sealers" and other potions in them too, which are best avoided.

Kevin

[Kevin Wood]

BTW... I noticed a shiny new air con servicing machine at WIM at the weekend...

Might be worth investigating. 2 birds with one stone.

Kevin

[Mr Hagon]

Hate to mention it, but are Vx doing an air-con deal again this summer?

Could be worth looking in to.

Mark

[Auto Addict]

Hate to mention it, but are Vx doing an air-con deal again this summer?

Could be worth looking in to.

Mark

Was expensive IIRC, although cheap, I suppose for a dealer :-?

[Richie London]

wim isnt far from me, i may have a drive there at the weekend and have a look.

richie

[HerefordElite]

just a thought, aircon boys will be in next week on the job im working on, new aircon all round the pub and hotel rooms, can they do cars as well, could get them to do mine

richie

can be done all they need is a bottle of R134a and some scales (which they'll have) but might not have the right adaptor to fit car valve to their gauges

[Richie London]

just a thought, aircon boys will be in next week on the job im working on, new aircon all round the pub and hotel rooms, can they do cars as well, could get them to do mine

richie

can be done all they need is a bottle of R134a and some scales (which they'll have) but might not have the right adaptor to fit car valve to their gauges

is the valve expensive, i could always pass it on to oof for members to borrow after ive used it, i come into contact with aircon firms on site all yr round

richie

[HerefordElite]

just a thought, aircon boys will be in next week on the job im working on, new aircon all round the pub and hotel rooms, can they do cars as well, could get them to do mine

richie

can be done all they need is a bottle of R134a and some scales (which they'll have) but might not have the right adaptor to fit car valve to their gauges

is the valve expensive, i could always pass it on to oof for members to borrow after ive used it, i come into contact with aircon firms on site all yr round

richie

think they can be bought from e-gay but not sure (don't know a lot really)

bit like these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130221435479&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=003

sorry can't add this as link coz all my buttons have naffed off for some reason???

[Turk]

Kwik-Fleece are ok if it's just a case of changing old gas. But if it's low then there's a leak somewhere. Kwik-Fleece do a pressure test but do not use UV dye. I had mine done last year. It was a hot day (Probably the only one last summer !) and I left there feeling cooler than a camel at the North Pole.
The following day it was just not doing it's thing. Went to a local Air-Con specialist. They used the UV dye and my condensor was glowing green under the UV light. It had become  porous with such a slow leak that it did not show up on the pressure test at Kwik-Fleece.
Replaced the condensor, re-gassed...The camel is now back at the North Pole.