Air con help

preludebaz1977 · Post by **preludebaz1977** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:17 am

funny you saying that because over the four years ive had the v6 i tried the A/C a few days ago , kept windows up and put fan blower on and a while later it got a bit cooler (id say it needed a re-gas but i wont be bothering as the car will be replaced soon.

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:40 pm

If you use air con regularly it should need regassing. Main issue it thats its in a moving object so there will always be an issue somewhere. Plus Nitins face.

My expansion valve got stuck, imploded and ruined the ac condenser.

SiR Si · Post by **SiR Si** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:57 pm

bennyboy wrote:OK, as you were.
Got in the car today and it's working perfectly so I guess it's most likely mechanical, maybe sticky clutch mech or something. Anyway, not complaining

Good Stuff! glad it is working now

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:35 pm

Well I figured the a/c probably deserved some tlc, so I've booked it in with a local guy who will give it the antibacterial treatment and re-gas it, as I think its low. £60, so not bad.
He says his system will tell him which gas it needs (there's a new substitute for the older one) but does anyone know for certain which one it will be? Just figured its handy info to have in case.

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:26 pm

OK. nothing to see here!

All sorted now, just by way of some info for future readers:

The guy tested the coolant in the system and it turned out to be R12 - the old type.
Since this is no longer used, there is an equivalent, made by Dupont I believe?
Our air-con uses 650g of coolant, however, the guy put in 590g. He said this is because the new R12 equiv is that much more efficient, that just filling it to max could blow the seals etc fairly quickly, reckons this is the mistake a lot of basic garages make as they use an automatic machine. He did say if they were that good he would have one, as they are a lot cheaper?!.....

Anyway, before it was 12.1 degrees, after it's 3.8 degrees and smells sweeeeeeet

HTH

preludebaz1977 · Post by **preludebaz1977** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:08 pm

nice one mate bet its like the arctic now