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Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 5:43 pm |
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Joined: Jun 18, 2012 Posts: 280
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Location: Birmingham
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I got my air conditioning regassed a couple of days ago by a oft approved bosch service garage and so far notice there's no ice cold air coming from the vents.
there's no difference between A/C off or on infact.
Please advise
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Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 5:50 pm |
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Joined: Feb 24, 2010 Posts: 2596
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Location: North West Wales
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Did you get them to actually check the pump? Or just regas the system?
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Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:30 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 150
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Location: South Coast
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Also, is the radiator fan working when you switch the aircon on ? 
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:47 am |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010 Posts: 4266
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Location: Palestine
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that can be caused with many things,maybe the pump is not working well,or the filter ( Dryer) that is located in the front area next to the radiators is full of moisutre and need to be replaced,and make sure that the fan kicks in when the A/C on,and you hear a click sound.
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:57 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 953
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Location: Bromsgrove
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This comes up so often, as you haven't stated if you have got the leak fixed not "re-gassed" if you've lost refrigerant you have a leak end of.
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:00 am |
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Joined: Nov 27, 2010 Posts: 11520
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Location: What's it to you? ? ?
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very_452001 wrote: |
I got my air conditioning regassed a couple of days ago by a oft approved bosch service garage and so far notice there's no ice cold air coming from the vents.
there's no difference between A/C off or on infact.
Please advise |
Take it to a aircon specialist that actually knows what there doing.
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:25 am |
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Joined: Aug 01, 2011 Posts: 390
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Location: Bath UK
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Without the system actually running and working then it's impossible to be sure it has been refilled properly. Just pumping some gas in doesn't do the job
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:09 am |
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Joined: Jun 18, 2012 Posts: 280
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Location: Birmingham
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LeeThr wrote: |
Did you get them to actually check the pump? Or just regas the system? |
I told them to regass the air con cause that's what I thought it needed. I didn't know about filters, pumps, fans, radiators, leaks at the time. They are suppose 2 check that before regassing right?
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:16 am |
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Joined: May 01, 2012 Posts: 120
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Location: Gloucestershire
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A leak somewhere
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:16 am |
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You asked them to regass it so thats whay they did.
A proper aircon service on a working system should take around an hour.
Thats for a vac out including system pressure check, re gas & re oil including UV dye then run up to check the system is working correctly & is still gas tight.
The vac out & pressure check alone should be at least 30 mins.
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:21 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 2632
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Many garages can add a UV dye into the gas and allow it to leak then use a UV lamp to detect where your
Leak is
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:14 am |
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Joined: Jun 18, 2012 Posts: 280
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Location: Birmingham
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DeadEyePaul wrote: |
Many garages can add a UV dye into the gas and allow it to leak then use a UV lamp to detect where your
Leak is |
if there's a leak then what does the garage has to do?
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:29 am |
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very_452001 wrote: |
DeadEyePaul wrote: |
Many garages can add a UV dye into the gas and allow it to leak then use a UV lamp to detect where your
Leak is |
if there's a leak then what does the garage has to do? |
fix the leak? 
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:54 pm |
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Joined: Jun 18, 2012 Posts: 280
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Location: Birmingham
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Seabook wrote: |
very_452001 wrote: |
DeadEyePaul wrote: |
Many garages can add a UV dye into the gas and allow it to leak then use a UV lamp to detect where your
Leak is |
if there's a leak then what does the garage has to do? |
fix the leak?  |
do they fix the part or replace it?
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:24 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 2505
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DeadEyePaul wrote: |
Many garages can add a UV dye into the gas and allow it to leak then use a UV lamp to detect where your
Leak is |
This is very clever, didn't know they did such a thing.
I would asume they would just fit some new pipe or alloy wield the hole or could be a joint that's leaking in that case they'll replace the fixing.
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