EsuriJohn

You do need to clean the air filters though my intention is to clean the filters every 6 mths and at the same time hoover the heat exchangers. All requirements are fully explained in my Mitsubishi owners manual which came with each unit. Must go now the aircon men have arrived hopefully for the last visit!

Fred James

That sounds excessive.

My car A/C ran perfectly for 12 years before it needed gassing.

Rotor

Indeed it is excessive , must have a leak , they are notoriously difficult to find and some people don't bother paying hundreds for the mechanic to rip the system apart and just re-gas once or twice a year , going rate around in the cities is around 50 euros.

EsuriJohn

As I said he is a nephew who owns the garage and he treats me well!!!! What I like is it extracts the gas cleans and replaces the gas with just enough to top up to one hundred percent. It is interesting that he was trained by Citroen and VW and my current car is a Sharan the first time he did this was after about 4 years use and the printout said that it was only 80% gassed. I expressed surprise at this and he said to save costs manufacturers do not fill to 100% just enough to make the system operate then you pay to top it up at the first service if you complain that the aircon is not as efficient as your friends.

EsuriJohn

Never complained of a leak never had the system apart and it works great. I say if someone treats you well never look a gift horse in the mouth

Fred James

Well if you are getting it free - fair enough, but to pay £70 a year would be crazy!

EsuriJohn

You got the drift. I said €70 it is indeed in UK and the standard charge is £60 but for regular customers he charges £40 not bad compared to main dealer prices. I think the best advice is to use the aircon regularly say once a week then the seals don't dry and deteriorate.

Rotor

R134A is only around 10 euro a kilo trade price , most big cars use less than 1kg in the entire system.

EsuriJohn

If you make millions of cars a year and can save a pound on each one either you make more profit or can beat someone else prices.

Rotor

You really believe they under fill the ac system to save money ?, look up how they work and you will see they dont when under filled .Most systems have a trinary switch which will not allow the compressor clutch to engage if pressure in down by only a very small %.ie 4 or 5%.