Air Conditioning
HAS YOUR CAR, CARAVAN OR MOTORHOME LOST ITS COOL?
Is your vehicle’s air conditioning system is blowing out warm air and only working intermittently? If so an air conditioning recharge can bring your system back to full working order. Manufacturers recommend that your air con is recharged every two years. Recharging is not typically included in your service, so it is important to make sure that you include it as part of your regular vehicle maintenance routine.
Vehicle air conditioners that are not recharged regularly will be less effective and have to work harder to produce cool air. This puts more strain on the engine and uses more fuel. If your air conditioning system has not been recharged in the past two years it will dramatically reduce efficiency.
There are two types of gas used in air conditioning, R134A, which is used in the majority of vehicles built before 2017 and the more expensive HFO-R1234YF, which is used in all new cars. Our R134A recharge service starts at £45 and our HFO-R1234YF starts £99.99
Unlike many companies we will only charge for the amount of gas we use to top your system to the right amount. For R134A gas we charge 5p per gram and for HFO-R1234YF we charge 20p per gram.
What the air conditioning recharge service includes:
- We come to your home or workplace.
- Appointments available seven days a week.
- Analysis of existing refrigerant .
- Visual inspection of car aircon system.
- Recover existing refrigerant from the system.
- Evacuate the air con system.
- Pressure Test with Nitrogen (OFN) to inspect for leaks.
- Vacuum System to remove moisture.
- FREE UV leak detection dye test.
- Replace PAG oils as required.
- Run a system test and report any issues.
THE RECHARGING PROCESS
The recharge process is quite simple and involves removing any old refrigerant gas from your air-con system before replacing this with the correct amount of new refrigerant as per your vehicle manufacturer’s recommendation. We also carry out a 30-minute vacuum process and a UV leak detection dye test to ensure there are no cracks or damage in your vehicle air conditioning system that could cause the gas to leak out. Within an hour the whole recharge process is completed, and you will once again have refreshing cool air on demand.
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