So. Warmest day (ish) of the year and my air con has decided to give up. It actually blows warmer when I hit the max button than when it's switched off. It was working fine in the warm spell at spring bank so I suspect that all the gas has fooked off. Halfrauds sell a two part kit by STP for £60 plus £10 surcharge for cylinder disposal. Has anyone used one of these or anything similar please and if so do they do what it says on the tin?

For that sort of money you should be able to get one of the main fast fit centres to degas and regas it for you  There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Cheers nmj. I have considered this, but if it is only partially degassed, then this kit should do up to 3 refills. However if it is completely empty it will not fill the system. One part is a pressure gauge which costs £20 which will indicate how full/empty the system is. Also I could use it on the other car if required.

I wouldn't bother with those diy kits there are loads of threads on them online saying how dangerous they are and can cause more damage than they are worth. Something to do with only monitoring one side either hot or cold whichever you fill! Have a look on group on always loads of places doing Regas offers!

Kwik Fit used to do it for £49

https://www.kwik-fit.com/air-conditioning

Cheers for the link. I might go for that.

There is a Groupon deal at ATS Euromaster at the moment.


http://www.atseuromaster.co.uk/special-off...conditions



£32.95


Cheers

Gerry

Oh this is getting better and better. Cheers Gerry.

on a side note if the gas has gone then i would be trying to find out how it left and a company will be able to tell you that where as a tin from halfrauds not so much L322 2008 vogue
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^what he said.

if the gas has simply left through age, it is definitely worth getting it pressure tested otherwise you could end up throwing money into it and it simply vents away (which is bad in its self)

a garage will put a vacuum on the system, to see if it has a leak, then if it does they will re-pressureise it with nitrogen and a fluorescent dye which shows up under UV. this can then be used to locate the leak.  There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Cheers for the link. I might go for that.

Kwik fit had two goes at doing mine and although they said the system didn't show a leak it was leaking and they refunded me. I then replaced the condenser and got kwikfit to fill it again and it's been fine for a couple of years now

Done the Groupon thing and got it booked in for Saturday morning at a local place for the princely sum of £24.50. Just hope it's gas and not a leak.

If it is low on gas pressure then you do have leak somewhere, fridge systems don't 'use' any gas they just recirculate it. The other thing is that topping up a system that has a leak will give an imbalance in the blend of gas used because the part of the blend with the smallest molecules will leak away first. Make sure wherever you have it done that they vac out the system and cure any leak before refill with new gas. There are a lot of Cowboys out there. Agueroooooooooo. 93-20
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