Leaking Air con on 172 : How much to sort? :(

[Shaun!]

Hi all

kwik fit have reffered me to a local garage to get my air con system looked at, apparently their computer told em its got a leak somewhere. Now they said they dint know what it will cost to repair, as it depends on where it is

Just wondered if anyone can give me a ballpark figure. Are we talking £50 to sort it, or £500 ??

Cheers

shaun

 

[Gally]

It's hard unless I know where the leak is coming from mate.

Condensor will be about £300 and the pipes are £100+ each, dryer bottle is £150+

It could be any of them.

 

[Shaun!]

f**k me tyrone

£100 for a bloody pipe????

 

[The_Pirate]

Take it out, its heavy, plus the aircon in the Renaults is like a cat breathing on you

 

[Gally]

I heart Daniel tbh. I'll second that!

 

[Shaun!]

Well if its mega bucks I aint gonna bother doing it. Dont mind £100 or so if it includes regas etc, but not paying mega money

 

[Gally]

No you can't repair or re-gas a leaking air con system mate.

I'll guarantee it'll be £150+ to get it fixed.

 

[Shaun!]

thats what I mean. I went to kwik fit to get it re gassed and they couldnt cos its leaking. If its £100 or so including the regas then fine, if not, it can stay Fooked, cos I aint spunking wedge on it

 

[bmh.01]

Tightarse alert!

 

[Fluxuk05]

can't you just wack it on full blast and try and find the leak yourself? probably going to be pretty obvious.

Then if its on a pipe join just get so solder on there. Total cost of around nothing.

 

[The_Pirate]

Tightarse alert!

Because he wants to know roughly what its gonna cost to fix?

 

[James.f]

YHPM fella

 

[bmh.01]

Because he wants to know roughly what its gonna cost to fix?

No because he expects it all done for 100 sheets, no chance. If it wants fixing it wants fixing end of imo, no wonder theres no many bodged cars about.

 

[The_Pirate]

No because he expects it all done for 100 sheets, no chance. If it wants fixing it wants fixing end of imo, no wonder theres no many bodged cars about.

He could get it done for not many pennies all if he can find time to do it himself and find someone breaking a car with air-con..

Theres no harm in asking, that is after all the point of this forum?

To help and discuss and to be overly critical of just about everything anyone else does unless it involves turinis and silver visions and lowering

 

[Shaun!]

No because he expects it all done for 100 sheets, no chance. If it wants fixing it wants fixing end of imo, no wonder theres no many bodged cars about.

Many thanks for your constructive post, no matter what forum your on, you can always rely on one punk with a Smart arse answer.

Anyway, cheers for your help people, I'll keep you updated

 

[Fletcher]

Take it out, its heavy, plus the aircon in the Renaults is like a cat breathing on you

My air con kept me nice and cool today.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Take it out, its heavy, plus the aircon in the Renaults is like a cat breathing on you

Mine is icey cold, I had to turn it off today as I got TOO cold, this was in 24c heat!

Best AC I think I've had in any car, even beat my 3 Series.

 

[bmh.01]

Many thanks for your constructive post, no matter what forum your on, you can always rely on one punk with a Smart arse answer.

Anyway, cheers for your help people, I'll keep you updated

Thanks I feel so appreciated .

 

[TimR26]

I'd ring up a mobile aircon guy. I called one out last week and he traced my leak to a loose valve, he then regassed it and its been perfect since.

 

[richardfirefighter]

It's hard unless I know where the leak is coming from mate.

Condensor will be about £300 and the pipes are £100+ each, dryer bottle is £150+

It could be any of them.

sorry mate but this is only if you go main dealer....

it cost me £30 to find the leak, £70 for the condensor and £40 for the dryer bottle.. i fitted it myself as its quite an easy job in the end. then go back to quickfit to get it charged up again £45... but there is a way to get that refunded but PM me for details on that ok

 

[Alastair.]

i coverd my hold in my pipe with liquid metal on my 306, better than spending £245 on a new pipe

 

[shadowsun]

Few months back it cost me £104 for a pipe and £50 for the regass.

 

[vince172]

I regased my own today with a DIY kit from halfruads, cost £39 something, excellent job, worked perfect, also had a free air con cleaner because I reserved it online, recommend to anyone! worked perfectly, ICE cold now!

if you could sort/find the leak then this would be perfect for you, it might pay to have a look if halfrauds do a leak finding stuff or fixing stuff. I never knew they done aircon stuff until last night!!

 

[Ste666]

I just got the halfords kit too because mine had stopped getting cold, the kit even came with a pressure valve on it, it told me my system had no pressure which i thought straight away was bad but i used the product anyway, i filled it to only half the recomended pressure, it worked wonders for five minutes and got icy cold then while it was running to test it i heard a pop under the bonnet somewhere so i guess what was a small leak is now a burst rubber pipe somewhere.
the same company also do a leak seal kit with added dye to find and isolate leaks so i'll try this next, the main problem i found is getting to any pipes, the RS clio's are pretty well packed under the bonnet!

 

[vince172]

Mine wasn't getting cold, but was half way in the green section on the guage, then I added can and it went to the top of the blue bit.

 

[Gally]

sorry mate but this is only if you go main dealer....

it cost me £30 to find the leak, £70 for the condensor and £40 for the dryer bottle.. i fitted it myself as its quite an easy job in the end. then go back to quickfit to get it charged up again £45... but there is a way to get that refunded but PM me for details on that ok

Yeah second hand bits are fine mate, I was just giving it from my opinion because he had been to a garage.

Not a hard thing to fit a condensor, the pipes to the bulkhead are when it starts to get harder.

 

[Se7en172]

Pull it out fella, 25kg instant weight loss