Re-gassing a/c

[Hazza]

Is there a point in doing it?

 

[Gumby]

If yours has no gas in it, then probably!

 

[Mark One]

I want to know if it's possible to diy this?

 

[Hazza]

Well the a/c works, but i don't think its been re-gassed since it first went on the road... so 7 years now..

 

[SkidMarx]

If it aint been regassed in 7 years then you'll def notice an improvement when its done.

 

[Hazza]

Well i got quoted £45 all inclusive by Renault, which i thought wasn't too bad.

Should i shop around, or is that price alright?

 

[SkidMarx]

It takes bout 30-40 mins to do so thats pretty good. Sure most places charge about £70- £80

 

[Hazza]

Kwikfit do it for £44.95 (but i personally hate kwikfit)

And i rang up a local garage and he sed im looking @ £75!!1

So i think i'm going to go to the stealers!

 

[Craig]

yep sound like a good price my bro paid £65

 

[Tony Hunter]

My mate does it comes to your door.he charges about £70-£80,so yes thats a good price.

 

[Hazza]

Bloody hell, and i've been told the price to look for is around £30!.... having told by you guys its about £60-80, i'm well impressed with Renault!

 

[cat171]

Well i got quoted £45 all inclusive by Renault, which i thought wasn't too bad.

Should i shop around, or is that price alright?

That is very cheap for renault. I was quoted £80 by them, the swines. There is no way they are touching my car at all.

As for being told to look for an a/c re-gas for £30.00 Good luck with that ! Mates rates only imo.

 

[Hazza]

Well i've booked my car in at Waters Renault for Thursday for a re-gas for £45 inclusive. Good times.

Just requires me to leave the car with them @ 8.30 and have a wonder around Galleria for an hour or so Bad times.

 

[Faxo]

Isnt Kwik Fits offer 'we'll lower the temperature by x amount of degrees or you get your money back'?

 

[Hazza]

Yes, if it isn't 10% colder than before they'll refund u.

 

[David Ramsey]

Yeah they claim to lower it but I dare say you'll be paying, you should notice a big difference.

 

[MarkCup]

LOL at the Kwik Fit claims - they promise to lower it by 10%.

Let's say you start with the air on cold and it's pumping out at 10 degrees...after the re-gas they guarantee to get it down to 9 degrees? Big f***in' deal, 1 degree reduction! Like you're really going to notice that.

 

[David Ramsey]

LOL at the Kwik Fit claims - they promise to lower it by 10%.

Let's say you start with the air on cold and it's pumping out at 10 degrees...after the re-gas they guarantee to get it down to 9 degrees? Big f***in' deal, 1 degree reduction! Like you're really going to notice that.

Yeah but at least you don't have to pay if it makes no difference at all, surely that's better than other places

 

[MarkCup]

But it will reduce it by 1 degree probably 99.999% of the time.

The offer is nothing more than clever marketing...I bet there's maybe 5 people in the entire country who've been able to have it done for nothing.

 

[Shotgunsjay]

mine got done tied in with my 36k service, (359 all in renault bolton)

cant the aircon be harmfull if not changed every so often?

 

[Hazza]

Well not sure if it'll be harmful, but it is suggested to have it changed i guess.

 

[Shotgunsjay]

i hadnt had mine changed up untilmy 36k, use too feel bit sick and get a bad head when it was on......

http://knowlesgarage.co.uk/air-con_re-gas.htm

 

[nth]

does anyone know the actuall process of the work done?
not much of a priority for me but mine needs doing also

 

[Hazza]

Isn't it just, basically taking out ur old gas, and cleaning it, then putting new gas in?

 

[cat171]

I found out the other day it has oil too (so mr fix it man said) :S

 

[cat171]

But it will reduce it by 1 degree probably 99.999% of the time.

The offer is nothing more than clever marketing...I bet there's maybe 5 people in the entire country who've been able to have it done for nothing.

So true, clever marketing on their part. Their ad is annoying. Plus I wouldn't use them if they were the only garage on earth.

 

[Hazza]

Oil in the air con system?

 

[cat171]

Yes.

 

[Hazza]

The guy @ Renault said during regassing, they put a dye in the system, so if there is any leaks in the system, they'll detect it with an ultra violet light.

 

[cat171]

Yeah, all places use the dye to detect leaks.

 

[Hazza]

Alarming tbh. Sounds deadly lol

 

[David Ramsey]

But it will reduce it by 1 degree probably 99.999% of the time.

The offer is nothing more than clever marketing...I bet there's maybe 5 people in the entire country who've been able to have it done for nothing.

So true, clever marketing on their part. Their ad is annoying. Plus I wouldn't use them if they were the only garage on earth.

Yeah but what's wrong with that, they're still cheap for getting it done compared to a lot of quotes in this thread

 

[Hazza]

But its the fact that Kwik Fit are shite.

 

[David Ramsey]

Well if you've had a bad experience then obviously don't go back

 

[Whiteley]

Machine will basically vacuum the system for about 20 minutes or so and then refill by a set amount. As said the dye is to check for leaks under UV light.

Free kit at work :approve:

 

[Hazza]

Went into Renault @ 8.30am, left the car with them, so i went to Maccy Ds to grab some breakfast, and as my uni is near by, i went over there to check emails, and at 10am i walked over the the dealers again to check up on my car.

Its done Mr Tsang, brilliant! £45 later, my air con is cooler than ever, and they said they did a 25 point check up, which included the bonnet catch lubrication, i opened up my bonnet, but i see no lubrication! :S