Air conditioner charging
 

my air conditioner is not very cool yet everything seems to work fine. if I have it recharged will it likely fix the problem?

RE: Air conditioner charging
 

it's possible. just depends...could be a number of things. Mine was not cooling very well and it turned out that it was near empty on freon.

Worth a shot to take it in to an indy shop and have them check it out.

RE: Air conditioner charging
 

thanks is have an appointment to have it charged on Tuesady. The shop said $140.00. they said they'd use dye to see if its leaking, does that sound right?

RE: Air conditioner charging
 

I don't know about the dye. My mechanic just hooked up his gauges and was able to tell me that I had no freon. So he fill me up with freon and told me if it loses freon before the end of summer then come back in.

RE: Air conditioner charging
 

You can buy a DIY kit and do it yourself for a lot less $$$. I got a decent kit and have used it a number of times w/o issue on a few different vehicles. They have a leak stop you can put in the system as well.

RE: Air conditioner charging
 

Yeah, i got kit from walmart (AC REFILL KIT R-134A RECHARGE.). U can do it by your self. Its realy easy. Just plug hose to connector, start engine and wait for refill. Good luck.

RE: Air conditioner charging
 

Those kits and leak sealants aren't exactly the right thing.
If you are loosing freon it should be fixed properly. Could be costly, depends where the leak is coming from. You also need a vacuum pump to evacuate the system. If you recharge empty (leaking) ac without prior evacuating you will have moisture in there, and that can cause all sorts of problems later on.

ps/ die is one of ways to check for leaks, but this is rather a DYI thing... I assume desent shop will use electronic freon detector of some sort.

pps/ and I really don't recoment charging without proper gauges. It's fine to buy cheap freon from walmart, but you should get yourself a real manifold gauges set. (~100$) those gauges they have in the kits - completely inaccurate and dangerous, you can not even get a normal reading with those.

RE: Air conditioner charging
 

I agree with SSn, get yourself a manifold gauge set and see whats going on. Don't just buys cans with the gauge on it, you have no idea what is happening on the high pressure side. That may or may not be important, depending on what is wrong with the system.

Jeff