Gasing air con

[FiDoDiDo]

Think my car needs the air con re-gasing as it's not cold air coming out as it should be.

Seen a kit in Halfords which I think was to gas it yourself.

Has anyone done this? If so how hard is it to do?

 

[DazG]

I think I need this done as well, as my climate aint cold. Need it in this weather

 

[Graham Gooch]

Its kits like these that are buggering up the a/c industry!

 

[davebem]

How much are the Halfords kits, mine needs doing. I asked this question last week and someone said Renault charge £69.

 

[FiDoDiDo]

The one that I saw was £40, haven't looking into it properly yet though.

 

[crow]

mate i didi mine at halfords its erealy gd would reccomen it!

 

[jooliona]

how big are ur fingers man?

 

[FiDoDiDo]

mate i didi mine at halfords its erealy gd would reccomen it!

Cheers just the encouragement I need :approve:

Are all the instructions simple enough for anyone to do it?

 

[d4nn3h]

Dont buy kits, take it to a proper air con bloke... because there is a usually a reason you have lost your gas, so if you fill it up again then your just going to loose it again, waste of £40. When a decent air con bloke re-charges your system, he puts oil in the system to which is needed for the keep the compressor running properly and stop dry seals (which cause leaks). Also if you have lost your gas, you probably have normal air inside the system, so you need to suck that out using a vac pump, which you cannot do using a kit. He will also pressure test the system for leaks, and when he charges the system, he will add a yellow die to the gas which will show up very bright under a UV light which makes finding leaks, if there are any, very very easily.

You should always run your air con for AT LEAST 10 mins a week, to stop your seals from going dry and leaking, and keeping the compressor in good condition, most problems with air con are from when people do not use it for a long period of time in the winter months.

Hopefully in the next few months i will have all the kit to do re-gassing myself my mates dad does it, but no longer has time because he has a new job, and he's training me up, and soon i am going to buy all his kit off him.