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 Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:01 pm |
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Joined: Aug 30, 2010
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Location: Lincoln
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Wonder if anyone can help me. Got my 206 hdi beginning of September with the air conditioning not working. Same day took it to kwik fit had a regas for fifty pounds and it worked like a dream. Ice cold. Clicked on and off when it should etc. Then I left the car in my garage for about 3 weeks unused and when I came back to it the a/c no longer had ice cold air. A sound like a leaking of the refrigerant gas leaking into the cabin was all but only when the a/c button was pressed. Now a few months down the line I want a/c. Regas again or is it leaking do we think?
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:19 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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We think it's leaking.
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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:27 am |
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Its got a leak.
Any DECENT aircon specalist will test the system before regassing it 
Pressure test will either be:
Nitrogen pressure check of the system
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A vacumm check while emptying it.
Depends on what kit your ac specalist uses.
Should take around 1 hour for a proper aircon system service & regas.
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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:38 am |
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Location: Lincoln
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It took 25 mins half an hour perhaps kwik fit aren't the best. Isn't it dangerous if it leaks in the car? And how did it work fine for a while ... strange
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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:45 am |
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Joined: Nov 27, 2010
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| hdipower wrote: |
| It took 25 mins half an hour perhaps kwik fit aren't the best. Isn't it dangerous if it leaks in the car? And how did it work fine for a while ... strange |
Its not ideal having it leaking 
Find an ac specalist, take it in, tell them the full story of whats happened & that it has a leak in the passenger cabin, they can leak test the system safely & see whats needed to repair it.
It MIGHT just be a simple seal failed.
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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:43 am |
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Joined: Aug 01, 2010
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Location: Peterborough
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| hdipower wrote: |
| It took 25 mins half an hour perhaps kwik fit aren't the best. Isn't it dangerous if it leaks in the car? And how did it work fine for a while ... strange |
Death.
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