AIRCON waste

[eoin27]

Flippin Aircon.

After reading the topic on misting windows I realised that i need to examine my aircon situation again. I must have spent over €150 in halfords trying to refill the aircon. My last 406 had climate control and i just pumped in a load of new gas. That escaped because there was a leak. The next time ( with my new 406 with manual aircon) i put in the leak blocker and then pumped in another load. Still no aircon. I'm not going to spend another penny if I'm just wasting time.

Any suggestions?

[406silverhdi]

i would find a mobile aircon man with a van, would of probably worked out cheaper

[djp30djp]

The local garage (& lots of others I've seen) have a machine which won't just put gas in, but checks the system first and tells you what the fault is. Takes about half an hour & they check it free while you have an MOT or service or £10 for just the aircon check.

[Welly]

Perished condenser is favourite, followed by the pipework in front of the condenser, and up under the battery.

The pipework fails at the clip positions.

Did anyone else notice a greeny-coloured mushroom cloud over Dublin recently?

[rapport25]

Perished condenser is favourite, followed by the pipework in front of the condenser, and up under the battery.

The pipework fails at the clip positions.

Did anyone else notice a greeny-coloured mushroom cloud over Dublin recently?

Welly is right condensor and pipework is the norm

[eoin27]

Did anyone else notice a greeny-coloured mushroom cloud over Dublin recently?

Is the condenser and pipework expensive to replace?

[puggy]

Condensor you can get for around £80 ,pipework comes as a pair ,cost
with fitting and re gas at your local friendly stealer around £300 pipes on their
own around £70 ,if its a D9 the 2 pipes coming off the back of the compressor
£157 ,there is also a pressure switch on the condensor that can leak £42 and if
your compressor is fooked because it has been dry for a long time £5/600

[steve_earwig]

Ouch!

[eoin27]

Well forget it so. I understand that the A/C switches on automatically for the climate control. But i have manual A/C and that doesn't switch on by itself so why don't these compressors and pipes get designed to sit there for long periods of time. Very frustrating

[puggy]

They are but the system also suffers from natural seepage so you
are supposed to have them checked regularly