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[Johna]

Hi All

Just bought another mig for the missus (saves her stealing mine) but the air con doesnt seem to be working. Was going to buy a top up bottle from Halfords, but where is the nozzle to charge it? 

Thanks

John

[unlucky mark mv6]

Dont bother getting one of those bottles from helfrauds mate,they are useless apparently,and its a lot of money to throw away if it dont work.

[cmeonthemove]

Would be more cost effective to get an air-con specialist to recharge the system. A decent one should only cost around £50 and they pressure-test & vacuum out the air-con system before recharging. The chap who did mine also offered 6 month warranty.

The refill cans are rubbish and aren't much cheaper anyway.

If you still want to recharge it yourself the valve is on a metal pipe on the passenger side of the engine near the bulkhead.

[Johna]

Thanks for the advice, I'll see if I can find an air-con company to do it properly. I have seen some of the big franchises offering re-charges, would you recommend staying off these too?

Cheers

John

[Tonka.]

The pros and cons of diy a/c kits

No form of leak testing

Fills by pressure (an a/c system is filled buy weight)

No way of vaccing the a/c system out to remove the moisture

The average diy kit is 12oz which is roughly 300 grams but the average Omega requires 950grams.

So to regas your car to the same standard as getting it done properly you would need 3 cans.

As you can see these kits not good value for money at an average £30 for a can so an Omega would cost £90.

If you pay someone to service you’re a/c system you would be looking at an average price of  £60 for an r134a system, for that you do get a leak test, you do get your system vacced out, you do get your full a/c system filled to the correct amount

An a/c system is classed as a service item now they only give the gas a shelf life of 2 years