STeve

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My little fez must be out of gas and it just clicks when I turn the A/C on, who's best to test/recharge the system on the high street as not taking it to ford thats for sure, what sort of pricing is it also ?

rog

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Quick fit do it for £49.99, see if you can find one local to you and book an appointment

Daveyboy

http://3dautoelectrical.co.uk/contact#

im taking the wifes TT here this afternoon for service and regas for £50

Imperial way trading estate. I'll let you know if any good later this afternoon.

car.crash

If you have access to a halfords trade card it works out £17 a bottle. My mondeo was empty and one bottle later it was fully charged.

STeve

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sweet thanks for the heads up guys


I have one of those cards, only thing is I take it you need to buy the trigger/guage part as well unless its go it built onto can, which makes its nearly same price as kwik fit etc

martysmartie

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Yes the trigger has a gauge as well, I bought the kit myself ages ago, also got some kind of anti-bacterial treatment for the inside of the car , only to discover the system had a leak , still have it now, although in any case I wouldn't be going to Kwik Fit, as I bet in my case if I did they would still charge even know it doesn't work!
Martin

dojj

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kwik fit have a money back garantee so if the temps don't come down they won't charge you

so if you have a hole in the system the vac finds it and doesn't put any gas inside

they also stick in some oil as well which oyu need to lubricate the system

it's not the best set up ever but it's good enough for those times when you've just run out of gas over time

TOOTALL

As said. Kwik-Fit.

Thrustyjust

Use a reputable company that will properly leak test the system before recharging, not the usual high st outlets. I am in air con , but not automotive. Anyone can bang some refrigerant in there and not understand whats happening or issues .

STeve

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mate had his done in kwik fit earlier and said they did a good job removing any old stuff and doing test before even trying to refil it and took around 45 mins, so looks the fav at moment

studabear

book online for kwik fit, might be cheaper

foreigneRS

as dojj hints, use a place where you don't pay if it doesn't improve the vent temps. then disconnect every connector and fuse in the system that you can find so that even with a nice full charge the a/c will not actually work

as to your mate thinking that they did a good job taking all of the old stuff out before filling it up again - the machine only has one bottle so what you get filled into yours is a mixture of what has come out of everybody elses

studabear

I would remove the refrigerant if it didnt work.

Plus the pre checks would show the compressor as not working unless system was completely empty with no pressure, so I wouldnt be recharging anyway.

STeve

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the machine they had in my local branch had 3 seperate tanks on it

studabear

1 is for new oil, 1 is for the oil removed the other is for uv dye, I think foreignrs is refering to the tank that holds the refrigerant

STeve

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no doubt your right but it did the trick ok and I fitted new pollen filter etc at same time so the system smells fresh and is now very effective

saph4be

Can't really go wrong a decen ac machine does it all plug it in set it and leave it!

Matt Baxter

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Bugger if I had seen this before I could have got it sorted on the cheap mate

STeve

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have another fiesta that also needs this doing Matt so will be in touch soon