Air con leak

[Emily.]

I took my car to get the air con re gassed at halfords a couple of months ago. They didn't test it for leaks first and I only had air con for a day I took it somewhere to get checked for leaks and he said it was leaking by the compressor connector. I've just taken the pipe off and the seal is like this -

Do you reckon that would be enough the cause the leak? The seal basically fell apart when I went to take it off. If so, I'll order the new seal from Renault and then take it somewhere different to be re gassed where they'll leak test it first.

 

[dangerous dave]

Take it to halfords and tell them to do it for free.. I believe part of the service is to check it for leaks, partly because it's illegal to let it vent into the air, therefore them not checking the pressure holds is surely.....fking stupid..

 

[Emily.]

I don't have the receipt or anything now so I'm assuming they won't? I did phone them up after it was done and said it wasn't working any more and they basically said tough s**t we can't do anything about it.

 

[dangerous dave]

I don't have the receipt or anything now so I'm assuming they won't? I did phone them up after it was done and said it wasn't working any more and they basically said tough s**t we can't do anything about it.

Hunt down and email the head office/Md, say what branch it was and that they fobbed you off.. Tell them that you paid for it to be filled and checked and they turned you over..

You don't have to explain you've fixed the leak, just say you want them to do the job again and do it correctly..

@car.crash on here would get a free refil, a refund, dinner and hand job off the regional manager..

Give them hell, you paid and they reemed you, it costs them next to fk all to do the job again..

 

[car.crash]

I hate good service.
It costs me money.

 

[Emily.]

Hunt down and email the head office/Md, say what branch it was and that they fobbed you off.. Tell them that you paid for it to be filled and checked and they turned you over..

You don't have to explain you've fixed the leak, just say you want them to do the job again and do it correctly..

@car.crash on here would get a free refil, a refund, dinner and hand job off the regional manager..

Give them hell, you paid and they reemed you, it costs them next to fk all to do the job again..

I'll give it a go, no harm in trying I suppose

 

[Emily.]

Right I've been into Renault and got the pack of new aircon o rings to sort this pipe out where the leak was. The person in there seems to think that the orange seal thingy that was on the pipe isn't needed, it just needs one of the o rings. Does that sound right?

I put one of the o rings on, but when I put the pipe back in, it doesn't feel very tight? Have I done it right?

 

[Emily.]

Does anybody know?

 

[car.crash]

Looks ok to me.
They usually have a small O ring like yours.

 

[clioben182]

You only need the big orange seal. Before you put the pipe back in smear some new engine oil on the seal. This ensures the seal dosen't get damaged when refitting

 

[Emily.]

The big orange seal is broken so I'm guessing that's why it was leaking. Can't seem to find a replacement though and Renault just had the o rings?

 

[davo172]

I don't have the receipt or anything now so I'm assuming they won't? I did phone them up after it was done and said it wasn't working any more and they basically said tough s**t we can't do anything about it.

Did you pay on credit card ? If you did you can take it up with them if no joy at halfrauds ! They should still have the invoice on file soo they can't say tough sh** !

 

[clioben182]

Have you tried renault

The big orange seal is broken so I'm guessing that's why it was leaking. Can't seem to find a replacement though and Renault just had the o rings?

Have you tried renault wolverhampton? They did come as a kit a few years ago.

 

[Emily.]

Yep, and I got the kit from my local Renault but it's just all the small o rings

 

[Emily.]

I've just been having another search online and have found this -

http://renaultpartsdirect.co.uk/products/Renault-Air-Con-Seal-Kit..html

From the tiny picture, the seals look more like the orange one that was on mine. It doesn't say what car they're for though, so I don't know if they would fit? Does anybody know if the air con pipes etc are the same size as on a non sport?

 

[Ian_s]

I don't know what equipment halfords use but some test for leaks with a vacuum not under pressure. This can suck leaking seals together so they pass the leak test. As soon as there is pressure in the system is leaks.

 

[clioben182]

@MarcR™ are you able to help out with the air con seal kit part number?

 

[Mr R.]

You have to buy 2 seal kit's, one kit contains the O ring's that you already have.
The other kit contains the orange seals that your after.

You end up with far to many seals for what you need.

I replaced all of the seals on my PH1 air conditioning so I have a lot of these seals left.

 

[MarcB]

I have the OE seal kit with the brown O-Rings in them

 

[clioben182]

@Emily.

 

[Emily.]

Thanks guys!!

I managed to get the other kit of brown seals from Renault today with the part number. Does the pipe just need the bigger brown seal on it, or does it need one of the smaller o rings as well? I tried it with both but couldn't get the pipe all the way back in so just used the bigger one.

Got it booked in to get regassed on thursday so fingers crossed the leak is fixed now!

 

[Mr R.]

Thanks guys!!

I managed to get the other kit of brown seals from Renault today with the part number. Does the pipe just need the bigger brown seal on it, or does it need one of the smaller o rings as well? I tried it with both but couldn't get the pipe all the way back in so just used the bigger one.

Got it booked in to get regassed on thursday so fingers crossed the leak is fixed now!

Pipes have an O ring or the larger seal.

Not both.